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Carex alata Torr.
broadwing sedge

       
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Line Drawing of Carex alata Torr.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 384. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex alata Torr.

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Distribution:
Carex alata Torr.

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA), CAN (ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex alata Torr.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex alata Torr.

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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 alata Torr. – broadwing sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex alata Torr.

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:
broadwing sedge              Endangered
Illinois:
winged sedge              Endangered
Kentucky:
broadwing sedge              Threatened
Pennsylvania:
broadwinged sedge              Threatened
Rhode Island:
winged sedge              Special Concern
 

More Accounts and Images:
Carex alata Torr.

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 39370.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/27/2008 08:01 PM MDT