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Carex complanata Torr. & Hook.
hirsute sedge

       
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Line Drawing of Carex complanata Torr. & Hook.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 414. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex complanata Torr. & Hook.

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Distribution:
Carex complanata Torr. & Hook.

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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex complanata Torr. & Hook.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex complanata Torr. & Hook.

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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 complanata Torr. & Hook. – hirsute sedge
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex complanata Torr. & Hook.

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
FACU-,OBL FACU FAC+ FACU- NO FACU OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex complanata Torr. & Hook.

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 39551.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/30/2008 10:18 AM MDT