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Carex tiogana
Also called Hair Sedge, Hair Like Sedge
Tioga Pass sedge is a rare, tufted sedge native only to a few small sites in the high Sierra Nevada of Mono County, California. It is a cold-climate alpine plant best suited to cool, moist meadow conditions and is rarely grown in gardens.
Carex tiogana is a rare species of sedge known by the common name Tioga sedge.
It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the Sierra Nevada in Mono County. There are four small occurrences.
Carex abitibiana · Indian Valley sedge · Abruptbeak sedge · Thicket sedge · Small Dusky Sedge · Seoul Sedge · Acid Loving Sedge · Carex acocksii · Slender Tufted-sedge · Carex acutata · Lesser pond sedge · Circumpolar sedge
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