PLANTS Profile for Carex tonsa var. rugosperma (parachute sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P. Bicknell var. rugosperma (Mack.) Crins
parachute sedge

Symbol:

CATOR

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

Images:
Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P. Bicknell var. rugosperma (Mack.) Crins

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Synonyms:
Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P. Bicknell var. rugosperma (Mack.) Crins

CARU5

Carex rugosperma Mack.

Distribution:
Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P. Bicknell var. rugosperma (Mack.) Crins


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USA (CT, DE, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NS, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P. Bicknell var. rugosperma (Mack.) Crins

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex, 2 varieties in Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P. Bicknell

Classification:
Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P. Bicknell var. rugosperma (Mack.) Crins

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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 tonsa (Fernald) E.P. Bicknell – shaved sedge
Variety	Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P. Bicknell var. rugosperma (Mack.) Crins – parachute sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P. Bicknell var. rugosperma (Mack.) Crins

The synonyms 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.

Kentucky:
Carex rugosperma
umbel-like sedge		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P. Bicknell var. rugosperma (Mack.) Crins

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 566213.

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: 10/26/2008 09:56 PM MDT