title: Carex straminiformis
text: # Carex straminiformis
  
  Carex straminiformis is a species of sedge known by the common name Shasta sedge.
  
  ## Description
  
  Carex straminiformis produces dense clumps of stems 20 to 50 centimeters tall with leaves up to about 25 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a dense spherical brown cluster of distinct flower spikes.
  
  ## Distribution and habitat
  
  This sedge is native to the Western United States where it grows in a number of habitat types in rocky soils, such as in the Sierra Nevada and Mount Shasta regions.
  
  