Carex leptalea

Bristle-Stalked Sedge · Cyperaceae

Summary of the structured data documented in ClimaFlora for this taxon.

CyperaceaeOther

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Identity and native distribution

Family

Cyperaceae

Life form

Other

Documented native regions

North AmericaCentral America and CaribbeanSouth America

No documented use

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	-13.43 – 27.91	-12.59 – 27.79
Temperature of the warmest month	11.33 – 37.05	14.65 – 36.27
Temperature of the coldest month	-36.17 – 23.03	-34.67 – 22.85
Annual precipitation	149.5 – 4768.34	221.08 – 3328.64
Precipitation seasonality	6.8 – 95.42	7.22 – 90.02

These values describe the documented climate envelope of the taxon. They are not, by themselves, a local recommendation.

Variable	Unit	Observed range	Central range
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)	cmol(+)/kg	7.6 – 21.51	9.2 – 15.78
Clay	%	16.87 – 26.45	18.55 – 24.12
Coarse fragments	%	0.4 – 8.89	0.57 – 6.6
Total nitrogen	g/kg	0.9 – 3.68	1.29 – 2.79
pH	—	4.8 – 6.9	4.8 – 5.2
Sand	%	35.17 – 52.11	40.5 – 46.85
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	13.7 – 63.55	17.3 – 37.35

These soil preferences should be compared with the site profile and the confidence of the local data.