PLANTS Profile for Carex scirpoidea (northern singlespike sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex scirpoidea Michx.
northern singlespike sedge

Symbol:

CASC10

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Carex scirpoidea Michx.

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Distribution:
Carex scirpoidea Michx.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NV, NY, OR, UT, VT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Carex scirpoidea Michx.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Carex scirpoidea ssp. convoluta

Carex scirpoidea ssp. pseudoscirpoidea
western singlespike sedge

Carex scirpoidea ssp. scirpoidea
northern singlespike sedge

Carex scirpoidea ssp. stenochlaena

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Carex scirpoidea Michx.

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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 scirpoidea Michx. – northern singlespike sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex scirpoidea Michx.

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.

Maine:
bulrush sedge		Threatened
Michigan:
bulrush sedge		Threatened
New Hampshire:
scirpus-like sedge		Threatened
New York:
Canadian single-spike sedge		Endangered
Washington:
Canadian single-spike sedge		Sensitive

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex scirpoidea Michx.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

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Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FACU+

FACU

FAC*

FACU

Carex pseudoscirpoidea [=CASCP3]:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU

FAC*

FACU*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex scirpoidea Michx.

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39799.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 07:03 AM MDT