Clasping-bract Sedge (Carex amplectens)

Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Cyperaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 142159
Lifeform: Graminoid
Date Inducted in National Collection: 10/13/2022

Description:

Where is Clasping-bract Sedge (Carex amplectens) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Clasping-bract Sedge can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Clasping-bract Sedge (Carex amplectens)?

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

$<div class='actionDesc'><p class='avenir-demi'>Orthodox Seed Banking</p><p>*Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Carex fracta in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 800 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up....</p></div>$
$<div class='actionDesc'><p class='avenir-demi'>Seed Collection</p><p>*Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Carex fracta from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 15 maternal plants...</p><div>$

Assigned 10/13/22

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Conservation Actions

$<div class='actionDesc'><p class='avenir-demi'>Orthodox Seed Banking</p><p>*Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Carex fracta in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 800 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up....</p></div>$
$<div class='actionDesc'><p class='avenir-demi'>Seed Collection</p><p>*Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Carex fracta from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 15 maternal plants...</p></div>$

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Carex fracta in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 800 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Carex fracta from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 15 maternal plants