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Carex conoidea Schkuhr ex Willd.
openfield sedge

       
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Line Drawing of Carex conoidea 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: 405. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex conoidea Schkuhr ex Willd.

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Synonyms:
Carex conoidea Schkuhr ex Willd.

  CAKA Carex katahdinensis Fernald
 

Distribution:
Carex conoidea Schkuhr ex Willd.

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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 (AZ, CT, DE, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex conoidea Schkuhr ex Willd.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex conoidea 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 conoidea Schkuhr ex Willd. – openfield sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex conoidea Schkuhr ex Willd.

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are 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.

Indiana:
field sedge              Endangered
Maryland:
field sedge              Endangered
Minnesota:
Carex katahdinensis
Katahdin sedge              Threatened
North Carolina:
cone-shaped sedge              Threatened
Ohio:
field sedge              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex conoidea Schkuhr ex Willd.

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
FACU,FACW+ FACU FACW+ FACW+ NO NO NO NI NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex conoidea 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 39556.

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: 10/21/2008 01:40 PM MDT