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Carex Working Group has been in business since 1993 and focuses on sedges and other difficult-to-identify plant groups. We have written a field guide to the Carex sedges of the Pacific Northwest, now in its second edition. We conduct surveys and assessments for land management agencies and private industry. We apply our botanical skills by:
- Surveying for challenging plants such as sedges, willows, and rushes
- Teaching plant identification workshops for professional botanists
- Developing and applying methods to use vegetation to assess habitat
(e.g., for sage grouse) - Evaluating weed impacts on rare plant species
- Monitoring rare plant populations
- Developing ecosystem management plans
- Preparing plant lists for the Oregon Flora Project
- Monitoring invasive weeds
- Assessing riparian conditions
Plant Identification Workshops
Identification Key to Grasses of Northern California and Northwestern Nevada