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Carex alopecoidea Tuck.
foxtail sedge

       
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Line Drawing of Carex alopecoidea Tuck.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 368. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex alopecoidea Tuck.

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Distribution:
Carex alopecoidea Tuck.

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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 (CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, TN, VT, WI, WY), CAN (MB, NS, ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex alopecoidea Tuck.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex alopecoidea Tuck.

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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 alopecoidea Tuck. – foxtail sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex alopecoidea Tuck.

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:
foxtail sedge              Special Concern
Indiana:
foxtail sedge              Endangered
Maine:
foxtail sedge              Possibly Extirpated
Massachusetts:
foxtail sedge              Threatened
New Jersey:
foxtail sedge              Endangered
Ohio:
northern fox sedge              Endangered
Tennessee:
foxtail sedge              Possibly Extirpated, Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex alopecoidea Tuck.

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
FACW,OBL FACW NO FACW+ OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex alopecoidea Tuck.

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 39489.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

 
 
Time Generated: 10/24/2008 08:45 AM MDT