PLANTS Profile for Carex brevior (shortbeak sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack.
shortbeak sedge

Symbol:

CABR10

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich. 1998. Field guide to Intermountain sedges. General Technical Report RMS-GTR-10. USDA Forest Service, RMRS, Ogden. Courtesy of USDA FS RMRS Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab. Usage Requirements.

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Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack.

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Synonyms:
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack.

CAFEB

Carex festucacea Schkuhr ex Willd. var. brevior (Dewey) Fernald

Distribution:
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack.


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USA (AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack.

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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 brevior (Dewey) Mack. – shortbeak sedge

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack.

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

UPL,OBL

UPL

OBL

FAC

FACU

FAC

OBL

FAC

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack.

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 39451.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 10/31/2008 07:31 AM MDT