''Carex breweri'', known as Brewer's sedge, is a species of sedge that grows on dry rocky or gravel slopes in the

Sierra Nevada The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...

and Cascade Mountains of the western United States, as far north as

Mount Hood Mount Hood is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It was formed by a subduction zone on the Pacific coast and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located about east-southeast of Portlan ...

. It is classified in ''Carex'' sect. ''Inflatae'', alongside ''

Carex engelmannii ''Carex engelmannii'' is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to western parts of North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the W ...

'' and ''

Carex subnigricans ''Carex subnigricans'' is a species of sedge known by the common name nearlyblack sedge. Distribution This sedge is native to the western United States from California to Wyoming, where it grows in moist and dry mountain habitat above in elevat ...

''.

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breweri Flora of Washington (state) Flora of Oregon Flora of California Flora of Nevada Plants described in 1867 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Carex-stub