Carex rossii

Botanical Description

Carex rossii is a densely clump-forming with usually ascending rhizomes, though they are occasionally horizontal and spreading. It produces dense clusters of grass-like leaves around 7 - 30cm tall and 10 - 100cm wide[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. , 1050 Title Fire Effects Information System Publication Author Website http://www.feis-crs.org/feis/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line information site with comprehensive information on over 1,100 species of plant. Mainly developed to supply information on the effects of fire on plants and animals, it also contains a wealth of other information on the plants ]. The plant was probably used as a source of food by the native N. Americans and is used in restoration and soil sabilization projects. Carex rossii is very widely distributed, occurring in all the western parts of the USA and Canada and its large extent of occurrence suggests it is not threatened. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2014)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].