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Carex striata Michx.
Walter's sedge

       
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Carex striata Michx.

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Distribution:
Carex striata Michx.

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USA (AL, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, VA)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex striata Michx.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Carex striata Michx. var. brevis L.H. Bailey. .
Carex striata var. brevis
Walter's sedge
Distribution of Carex striata Michx. var. striata. . Image Available.
Carex striata var. striata
Walter's sedge
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Carex striata Michx.

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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 striata Michx. – Walter's sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex striata Michx.

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.

Massachusetts:
Walter's sedge              Endangered
Rhode Island:
Carex striata var. brevis
Walter's sedge              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex striata Michx.

Carex walteriana [=CASTS4]:

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 OBL OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex striata Michx.

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501278.

 
 
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