Carex subfusca

Carex subfusca, variously called the rusty slender sedge, rusty sedge, or brown sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to the Hawaiian Islands, the western United States, and Baja California.^[1][2] It seems to have gotten to Hawaii by hitching a ride on a bird (epizoochory).^[3]

Beneath trees in Hawaii

Carex subfusca
In Maui
Close-up of seedhead
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. subfusca
Binomial name
Carex subfusca W.Boott
Synonyms[1]
List Carex festiva var. gracilis Olney Carex flaviceps Kük. Carex macloviana f. bracteata (Kük.) Kük. Carex macloviana var. bracteata Kük. Carex macloviana var. gracilis (Olney) Kük. Carex macloviana var. subfusca (W.Boott) Kük. Carex macloviana subsp. subfusca (W.Boott) T.Koyama Carex pachystachya var. gracilis (Olney) Mack. Carex stenoptera Mack. Carex teneriformis Mack.

References

1. "Carex subfusca W.Boott". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
2. "Carex subfusca W. Boott". Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
3. Price, Jonathan P.; Wagner, Warren L. (2018). "Origins of the Hawaiian flora: Phylogenies and biogeography reveal patterns of long‐distance dispersal". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 56 (6): 600–620. doi:10.1111/jse.12465. S2CID 91492313.