DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Carex capitata | Capitate Sedge 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Capitate sedge is circumboreal [10,11].  It extends south in the western
cordillera of North America to southern British Columbia and Alberta,
and sporadically at high elevations to Mexico and east to Montana,
Wyoming, and Colorado [5,10].  In the east, it occurs in the high
mountains from Quebec south to New Hampshire [5,18].  It also occurs in
southern South America [1,7].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES23  Fir - spruce
   FRES37  Mountain meadows
   FRES44  Alpine


STATES : 
     AK  CA  CO  ID  MT  NV  NH  OR  UT  WA
     WY  AB  BC  NF  NT  PQ  YT  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     DENA  LACL  LAVO  NOCA  YUCH


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    2  Cascade Mountains
    4  Sierra Mountains
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
    9  Middle Rocky Mountains
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K007  Red fir forest
   K052  Alpine meadows and barren


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   207  Red fir


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Capitate sedge is listed as an indicator and dominant species in the
following published description of plant communities:

Vegetation patterns and environment of some alpine plant communities on
   Lakeview Mountain, southern British Columbia [15]

Species associated with capitate sedge in the alpine zone of the eastern
Cascade Range in southern interior British Columbia include downy sedge
(Carex scirpoidea), snow cinquefoil (Potentilla nivea), slender
crazyweed (Oxytropis monticola), Lyall's goldenweed (Haplopappus
lyallii), golden fleabane (Erigeron aureus), and fairy-candelabra
(Androsace septentrionalis) [16].

Species associated with capitate sedge in the alpine zone of Mt. Baker,
Washington, in the North Cascade Range include false sedge (Carex
scirpoidea var. pseudoscirpoidea), alpine fescue (Festuca ovina var.
brevifolia), and Cascade willow (Salix cascadensis) [3].

Related categories for Species: Carex capitata | Capitate Sedge