DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Carex livida | Pale Sedge 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Pale sedge is interruptedly circumboreal.  It extends from Alaska south
to western Washington, northwestern Montana, Michigan, New Jersey,
Manitoba, and Newfoundland.  It is disjunct in northwestern California
[5,7,10].

Var. grayana is distributed from Newfoundland, northern Quebec, and
Manitoba to the Aleutian Islands southward to New Jersey, Michigan,
Montana, and northwestern California.  The only known Rocky Mountain
occurrence is in Glacier National Park, Montana [4].

Occurrence in Glacier National Park:  McGee's Meadow, at about 3,000
feet (915 m), in an area near Inside Road [8].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES17  Elm - ash - cottonwood
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch
   FRES19  Aspen - birch
   FRES23  Spruce - fir
   FRES37  Mountain meadows


STATES : 
     AK  CA  ID  MI  MT  NJ  VT  WA  AB  BC
     MB  NB  NF  NS  NT  ON  PQ  SK  YT


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     GLAC  ISRO


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    2  Cascade Mountains
    4  Sierra Mountains
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


SAF COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Pale sedge grows in boreal, cool temperate or cool mesothermic climates
[5,7,10].  It is an indicator of wet and very wet soil, a surface
groundwater table, and of soil medium rich in nitrogen [7].

Related categories for Species: Carex livida | Pale Sedge