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Carex exilis Dewey
coastal sedge

       
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Line Drawing of Carex exilis Dewey
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 376. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex exilis Dewey

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Distribution:
Carex exilis Dewey

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AL, CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WI), CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex exilis Dewey

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex exilis 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 exilis Dewey – coastal sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex exilis 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:
sedge              Endangered
Maryland:
coast sedge              Endangered
New Hampshire:
meagre sedge              Threatened
North Carolina:
coastal sedge              Threatened
Rhode Island:
bog sedge              Special Concern
Wisconsin:
coast sedge              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex exilis 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
OBL OBL OBL OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Carex exilis 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 39470.

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: 10/20/2008 10:11 PM MDT