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Carex vaginata Tausch
sheathed sedge

       
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Line Drawing of Carex vaginata Tausch
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 399. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex vaginata Tausch

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Synonyms:
Carex vaginata Tausch

  CASA14 Carex saltuensis L.H. Bailey
 

Distribution:
Carex vaginata Tausch

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AK, ME, MI, MN, MT, NY, VT, WI), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex vaginata Tausch

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex vaginata Tausch

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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 vaginata Tausch – sheathed sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex vaginata Tausch

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:
sheathed sedge              Special Concern
New York:
sheathed sedge              Endangered
Vermont:
sheathed sedge              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex vaginata Tausch

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
OBL OBL NO OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO OBL NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Carex vaginata Tausch

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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 39859.

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

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

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