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Carex pauciflora Lightf.
fewflower sedge

       
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Line Drawing of Carex pauciflora Lightf.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 389. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex pauciflora Lightf.

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Distribution:
Carex pauciflora Lightf.

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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, CT, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NY, PA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex pauciflora Lightf.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex pauciflora Lightf.

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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 pauciflora Lightf. – fewflower sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex pauciflora Lightf.

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:
few-flowered sedge              Special Concern
Massachusetts:
few-flowered sedge              Endangered
Pennsylvania:
few-flowered sedge              Endangered
Washington:
few-flowered sedge              Sensitive
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex pauciflora Lightf.

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 OBL NO OBL NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Carex pauciflora Lightf.

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 39743.

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

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: 10/22/2008 11:43 AM MDT