PLANTS Profile for Carex dasycarpa (sandywoods sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex dasycarpa Muhl.
sandywoods sedge

Symbol:

CADA3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Carex dasycarpa Muhl.

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Distribution:
Carex dasycarpa Muhl.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, FL, GA, MS, SC)

Related Taxa:
Carex dasycarpa Muhl.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex dasycarpa Muhl.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus	Carex L. – sedge
Species	Carex dasycarpa Muhl. – sandywoods sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex dasycarpa Muhl.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Georgia:
velvet sedge		Rare

More Accounts and Images:
Carex dasycarpa Muhl.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39568.

Time Generated: 10/23/2008 07:37 AM MDT