PLANTS Profile for Carex tenera (quill sedge)

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Carex tenera Dewey
quill sedge

Symbol:

CATE3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Carex tenera Dewey

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Synonyms:
Carex tenera Dewey

CATEE

Carex tenera Dewey var. echinodes (Fernald) Wiegand

Distribution:
Carex tenera Dewey


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USA (AL, CO, CT, DC, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Carex tenera Dewey

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex tenera Dewey

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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 tenera Dewey – quill sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex tenera Dewey

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.

Maryland:
slender sedge		Endangered, Extirpated

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex tenera Dewey

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

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Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU+,FACW

FAC

FACW

FAC+

FACW

FACW*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex tenera Dewey

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39838.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/24/2008 03:31 AM MDT