Carex meyenii
indigenousCyperaceae

Carex meyenii

Indigenous (native)native

Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.

Carex meyenii, commonly known as Meyen's sedge, is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of Hawaii.

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Seasonality
23 flowering · 20 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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flowering (peak February) fruiting (peak January)

This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.

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Where documented · 45 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 41 · GBIF 86 records