''Carex emoryi'', the riverbank tussock sedge or Emory's sedge, is a species of
sedge
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' wit ...
native to
Canada
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, the
United States
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, and the states of
Chihuahua and
Coahuila
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in northern
Mexico
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.
![Carex emoryi ligule](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Carex_emoryi_ligule.jpg)
It grows along the banks of rivers and streams.
[ It also occurs on sand and gravel bars in streams. It spreads by means of underground rhizomes. ''Carex emoryi'' is sometimes planted in retention ponds for erosion prevention and maintenance reduction along shorelines.][Tungesvick K., (2009, March). Field Notes: Carex emoryi. American Nurseryman,pg 78]
References
emoryi
Plants described in 1859
Flora of North America
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