Latin name: Carex fracta Mackenzie
  Pronunciation: KARE-ex FRAK-ta

  Common name: Fragile-sheathed sedge
  Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge)
  Habitat: Moist places 2500'-9000', montane
  coniferous forest, Cuyamaca Mts and north

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  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Carex
  2) fracta
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