PLANTS Profile for Carex nigra (smooth black sedge)

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Carex nigra (L.) Reichard
smooth black sedge

Symbol:

CANI5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Carex nigra (L.) Reichard

Carex goodenowii

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 422. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Carex nigra (L.) Reichard

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Synonyms:
Carex nigra (L.) Reichard

	CAAC5	Carex acuta auct. non L.
	CAGO2	Carex goodenowii J. Gay
	CANIS	Carex nigra (L.) Reichard var. strictiformis (L.H. Bailey) Fernald
	CAVU6	Carex vulgaris Fr.

Distribution:
Carex nigra (L.) Reichard


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USA (CT, MA, ME, MI, NH, NY, RI, VT, WI), CAN (BC, LB, NB, NF, NS, PE, QC), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Carex nigra (L.) Reichard

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex nigra (L.) Reichard

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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 nigra (L.) Reichard – smooth black sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex nigra (L.) Reichard

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.

Michigan:
black sedge		Endangered
New York:
black sedge		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex nigra (L.) Reichard

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More Accounts and Images:
Carex nigra (L.) Reichard

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39717.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

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: 10/27/2008 02:58 PM MDT