PLANTS Profile for Carex atlantica ssp. capillacea (prickly bog sedge)

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Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey ssp. capillacea (L.H. Bailey) Reznicek
prickly bog sedge

Symbol:

CAATC

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey ssp. capillacea (L.H. Bailey) Reznicek

Carex howei

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 377. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey ssp. capillacea (L.H. Bailey) Reznicek

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Synonyms:
Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey ssp. capillacea (L.H. Bailey) Reznicek

	CAATC5	Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey var. capillacea (L.H. Bailey) Cronquist
	CAATC4	Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey var. capillaceae (L.H. Bailey) Cronquist
	CADE21	Carex delicatula E.P. Bicknell
	CAHO10	Carex howei Mack.
	CAHOC	Carex howei Mack. var. capillacea (L.H. Bailey) Fernald
	CAINC2	Carex interior L.H. Bailey var. capillacea L.H. Bailey
	CAMO10	Carex mohriana Mack.

Distribution:
Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey ssp. capillacea (L.H. Bailey) Reznicek


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV), CAN (NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey ssp. capillacea (L.H. Bailey) Reznicek

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex, 2 subspecies in Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey

Classification:
Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey ssp. capillacea (L.H. Bailey) Reznicek

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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 atlantica L.H. Bailey – prickly bog sedge
Subspecies	Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey ssp. capillacea (L.H. Bailey) Reznicek – prickly bog sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey ssp. capillacea (L.H. Bailey) Reznicek

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.

Indiana:
Howe sedge		Endangered
Kentucky:
prickly bog sedge		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey ssp. capillacea (L.H. Bailey) Reznicek

Carex atlantica:

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+

FACW

OBL

Carex howei:

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

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey ssp. capillacea (L.H. Bailey) Reznicek

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 523748.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/26/2008 07:02 AM MDT