Carex amplifolia  Boott

Ubiquity:  Uncommon?

Distritution:  Napa Range from Howell Mt. to Mt. Geo.

Plant Communities:  Mixed Evergreen Forest, (Regular Chaparral?)

Habitats:  Moist, (sunny?), rocky, forested, (or brushy?) meadows/streamsides; in volcanic formations

Elevations:  25-1800'

Comments:  

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex aquatilis  Wahlenb.

     var. dives  (Holm) L. Standley

Ubiquity:  Uncommon?

Distritution:  Known only from Napa Marsh

Plant Communities:  Coastal Salt Marsh

Habitats:  Moist to wet, sunny, saline, (silty?), marshy sloughs/berms; in alluvial formations

Elevations:  10'?

Comments:  Collection needed.  = C. sitchensis

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex barbarae  Dewey

Ubiquity:  Common

Distritution:  Throughout

Plant Communities:  Many including Riparian

Habitats:  Moist (to wet?), (sunny?), shady, sandy, saline or not, (brushy?) or marshy slopes/flats/plateaus/stream sides (or beds?)/banks/pond or lake sides/sloughs/ & dikes; in alluvial formations

Elevations:  10-1600'

Comments:  

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex bolanderi  Olney

Ubiquity:  (Very?) uncommon

Distritution:  Reported only for Napa Soda Springs & Rector Canyon

Plant Communities:  (Blue Oak Woodland?), (Regular Chaparral?), Riparian

Habitats:  Moist, sunny (to shaded?), rocky, wooded (or brushy?) meadows/streamsides/springs; in volcanic formations

Elevations:  150-1000'

Comments:  Collection needed

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex brevicaulis  Mackenzie

Ubiquity:  Very uncommon

Distritution:  Reported only for Mt. St. Helena, Bothe State Park, & Cedar Roughs

Plant Communities:  (Mixed Evergreen Forest?), Northern Interior Cypress Forest

Habitats:  Dry, shaded, rocky, ultramafic or not, forested or brushy flats; in serpentine or volcanic formations

Elevations:  400-2500'

Comments:  

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex cusickii  Mackenzie

Ubiquity:  Uncommon?

Distritution:  Reported only at Cedar Roughs & Aetna Springs

Plant Communities:  Serpentine Chaparral

Habitats:  Moist, sunny, rocky, ultramafic, brushy or marshy meadows/seeps; in serpentine formations

Elevations:  800-1200'?

Comments:  

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex densa  (Bailey) Bailey/Bailey?

Ubiquity:  Common?

Distritution:  Napa Valley from Calistoga to Napa to Suscol

Plant Communities:  Annual Grassland

Habitats:  Moist, (sunny?), (clayey?), grassy swales/streamsides/ & springs; in alluvial formations

Elevations:  10-400'

Comments:  Collection needed.  Intergrades with C. breviliqulata

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex deweyana  Schwein

     ssp. leptopoda  (Mackenzie) C. & T.

Ubiquity:  (Very?) uncommon

Distritution:  Reported only from Soda Canyon, Napa, & Wildhorse Valley

Plant Communities:  (Blue Oak Woodland?), Regular Chaparral, Ruderal

Habitats:  Moist, sunny, (rocky?), wooded (or brushy?) slopes/flats/springs; & cultivated places like lawns; in volcanic & alluvial formations

Elevations:  30-1000'

Comments:  = C. l.

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex dudleyi  Mackenzie/L. Bailey?

Ubiquity:  Common?

Distritution:  SE1/4 & W1/2 except Napa Marsh

Plant Communities:  Regular Chaparral

Habitats:  Moist, (sunny?), rocky, brushy or marshy meadows/ditches; in volcanic formations

Elevations:  100-2200'

Comments:  

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex feta  L. Bailey

Ubiquity:  Uncommon?

Distritution:  Reported at Howell Mt., Bothe State Park, Atlas Peak Rd., & St. Helena Hwy. near Napa

Plant Communities:  Blue Oak Woodland, Riparian

Habitats:  Moist, (sunny?), rocky, (wooded?) meadows/streamsides/banks/ & ditches; in volcanic formations

Elevations:  100-1420'

Comments:  

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex globosa  Boott

Ubiquity:  Uncommon?

Distritution:  Reported only from Mt. St. Helena, Bothe State Park, Devil's Canyon, & Hogback Mt.-Bismark Knob

Plant Communities:  Regular Chaparral?

Habitats:  Moist, (sunny?), rocky, (brushy?) flats/seeps; in volcanic formations

Elevations:  400?-1560'

Comments:

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex gracilior  Mackenzie

Ubiquity:  (Very?) uncommon

Distritution:  Reported only at Sarco Cr. & Calistoga Geysers

Plant Communities:  Hotsprings, (Regular Chaparral?)

Habitats:  Moist, sunny, rocky (or clayey?), acetic or not, (brushy?), (grassy?) slopes/flats/geyser fields; in alluvial formations

Elevations:  100-400'

Comments:  Collection needed

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex harfordii  Mackenzie

Ubiquity:  (Very?) uncommon

Distritution:  Reported only at Calistoga Geysers

Plant Communities:  Hotsprings

Habitats:  Moist, sunny, clayey, acetic, marshy seeps/geyser fields; in alluvial formations

Elevations:  

Comments:  

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex multicaulis  L. Bailey

Ubiquity:  Common?

Distritution:  Hoods Peak Range from Bothe State Park to Lokoya & Devil's Canyon, Napa Range from Mt. St. Helena to Las Posadas & Aetna Mine Rd.

Plant Communities:  Mixed Evergreen Forest

Habitats:  Dry, shaded, rocky, forested places; in volcanic formations

Elevations:  1600-2300'

Comments:  Collection needed

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex nudata  W. Boott

Ubiquity:  Very common

Distritution:  Throughout except Napa Marsh

Plant Communities:  Many, including Riparian

Habitats:  Wet to moist, sunny streamsides & beds/springs; in alluvial formations

Elevations:  10-1400'

Comments:  

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex ovalis  Good.

Ubiquity:  Common?

Distritution:  N1/2 & SW1/4 except Napa Marsh

Plant Communities:  Riparian

Habitats:  Moist, sunny, ultramafic or not, marshy or not slopes/meadows/seeps/creeksides; in serpentine & alluvial formations

Elevations:  20-1600'

Comments:  = C. tracyi

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex senta  W. Boott

Ubiquity:  Uncommon?

Distritution:  

Plant Communities:  Riparian

Habitats:  Moist, sunny, (rocky?), marshy streams/meadows; in alluvial formations

Elevations:  

Comments:  

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex serratodens  W. Boott

Ubiquity:  Common

Distritution:  E1/2 & American Canyon

Plant Communities:  Serpentine Chaparral, Coastal Prairie, Riparian

Habitats:  Wet to moist, sunny, rocky, ultramafic, brushy or grassy meadows/seasonal drainages/seeps/ & streamsides; in formations of serpentine

Elevations:  100-2200'

Comments:  

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex stipata  W. Boott/Muhlenb?

Ubiquity:  (Very?) uncommon

Distritution:  Reported only on Knoxville-Morgan Valley Rd.

Plant Communities:  Serpentine Chaparral, Riparian

Habitats:  Moist, sunny, rocky, ultramafic, brushy meadows/streamsides/ & lakesides; in formations of serpentine

Elevations:  1600'

Comments:  

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex subbracteata  Mackenzie

Ubiquity:  Very uncommon

Distritution:  

Plant Communities:  Coastal Prairie?

Habitats:  Moist, sunny, (rocky?), grassy (or brushy?), (or wooded?) places

Elevations:  

Comments:  

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex subfusca  W. Boott

Ubiquity:  Common?

Distritution:  N1/2 & SW1/4 except Napa Marsh

Plant Communities:  (Mixed Evergreen Forest?), Regular & Serpentine Chaparral

Habitats:  Dry, sunny to shaded, rocky, ultramafic or not, brushy (or forested?) (forest floors?)/meadows/(forest edges?)/streamsides

Elevations:  400-?

Comments:  = C. teneraeformis

Updated:  2/26/98

Carex tumulicola  Mackenzie

Ubiquity:  Common?

Distritution:  S1/2 except Napa Marsh

Plant Communities:  (Blue Oak Woodland?), (Regular Chaparral?)

Habitats:  (Dry?), sunny, (rocky?), wooded or brushy or grassy slopes/meadows

Elevations:  160-700'

Comments:  

Updated:  2/26/98