PLANTS Profile for Carex chordorrhiza (creeping sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex chordorrhiza Ehrh. ex L. f.
creeping sedge

Symbol:

CACH5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Carex chordorrhiza Ehrh. ex L. f.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 362. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Carex chordorrhiza Ehrh. ex L. f.

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Distribution:
Carex chordorrhiza Ehrh. ex L. f.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NY, OR, PA, VT, WA, WI), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Carex chordorrhiza Ehrh. ex L. f.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex chordorrhiza Ehrh. ex L. f.

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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 chordorrhiza Ehrh. ex L. f. – creeping sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex chordorrhiza Ehrh. ex L. f.

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.

Illinois:
cordroot sedge		Endangered
Indiana:
creeping sedge		Endangered
Iowa:
cordroot sedge		Endangered
Massachusetts:
creeping sedge		Endangered
New York:
creeping sedge		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
creeping sedge		Extirpated
Vermont:
creeping sedge		Endangered
Washington:
cordroot sedge		Sensitive

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex chordorrhiza Ehrh. ex L. f.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex chordorrhiza Ehrh. ex L. f.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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 39547.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

Time Generated: 10/22/2008 10:59 AM MDT