PLANTS Profile for Carex willdenowii (Willdenow's sedge)

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Carex willdenowii Schkuhr ex Willd.
Willdenow's sedge

Symbol:

CAWI2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Carex willdenowii Schkuhr ex Willd.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 387. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Carex willdenowii Schkuhr ex Willd.

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Synonyms:
Carex willdenowii Schkuhr ex Willd.

CAWIW

Carex willdenowii Schkuhr ex Willd. var. willdenowii

Willdenow's sedge

Distribution:
Carex willdenowii Schkuhr ex Willd.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Carex willdenowii Schkuhr ex Willd.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex willdenowii Schkuhr ex Willd.

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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 willdenowii Schkuhr ex Willd. – Willdenow's sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex willdenowii Schkuhr ex Willd.

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:
Willdenow's sedge		Special Concern
Illinois:
Willdenow's sedge		Threatened
New York:
Willdenow's sedge		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex willdenowii Schkuhr ex Willd.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,OBL

UPL

FACW

FACU-*

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex willdenowii Schkuhr ex Willd.

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 39443.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/23/2008 03:32 AM MDT