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Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. dives (T. Holm) Kük.
Sitka sedge

       
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Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. dives (T. Holm) Kük.

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Synonyms:
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. dives (T. Holm) Kük.

  CAAQS4 Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. sitchensis (Prescott ex Bong.) L. Kelso
  CAHO14 Carex howellii L.H. Bailey
  CAPA55 Carex panda C.B. Clarke
  CASI3 Carex sitchensis Prescott ex Bong.
 

Distribution:
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. dives (T. Holm) Kük.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AK, CA, OR, WA), CAN (BC)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. dives (T. Holm) Kük.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex, 3 varieties in Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.
 

Classification:
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. dives (T. Holm) Kük.

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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 aquatilis Wahlenb. – water sedge
Variety Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. dives (T. Holm) Kük. – Sitka sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. dives (T. Holm) Kük.

The related entities 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.

New Jersey:
Carex aquatilis
water sedge              Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Carex aquatilis
water sedge              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. dives (T. Holm) Kük.

Carex aquatilis:

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 NO OBL OBL OBL NO OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL NO NO

Carex sitchensis:

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 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO OBL OBL OBL NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. dives (T. Holm) Kük.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 527073.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/31/2008 03:10 AM MDT