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Carex formosa Dewey
handsome sedge

       
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Line Drawing of Carex formosa Dewey
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 408. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex formosa Dewey

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Distribution:
Carex formosa Dewey

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (CT, IA, IL, MA, MI, MN, ND, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VT, WI), CAN (ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex formosa Dewey

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex formosa 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 formosa Dewey – handsome sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex formosa 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.

Connecticut:
handsome sedge              Threatened
Massachusetts:
handsome sedge              Threatened
Minnesota:
handsome sedge              Endangered
New Jersey:
handsome sedge              Endangered
New York:
handsome sedge              Threatened
Ohio:
handsome sedge              Presumed Extirpated
Pennsylvania:
handsome sedge              Endangered
Wisconsin:
handsome sedge              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex formosa Dewey

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC,FACW- FAC NO FACW- NI NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex formosa 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 39608.

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

 
 
Time Generated: 10/21/2008 04:37 PM MDT