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Carex venusta Dewey
darkgreen sedge

       
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Carex venusta Dewey

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Distribution:
Carex venusta Dewey

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USA (AL, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, SC, TN, VA)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex venusta Dewey

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Carex venusta Dewey var. minor Boeckeler. . Image Available.
Carex venusta var. minor
darkgreen sedge
Distribution of Carex venusta Dewey var. venusta. .
Carex venusta var. venusta
darkgreen sedge
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Carex venusta Dewey

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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 venusta Dewey – darkgreen sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex venusta Dewey

This plant and the related entityitalicized 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.

Maryland:
dark green sedge              Threatened
New York:
Carex venusta var. minor
graceful sedge              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex venusta Dewey

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 OBL FACW+ NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex venusta Dewey

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 taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39441.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/20/2008 11:20 PM MDT