PLANTS Profile for Carex maritima (curved sedge)

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Carex maritima Gunnerus
curved sedge

Symbol:

CAMA14

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Carex incurva

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 361. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Carex maritima Gunnerus

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Synonyms:
Carex maritima Gunnerus

CAIN35

Carex incurva Lightf.

Distribution:
Carex maritima Gunnerus


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USA (AK), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Carex maritima Gunnerus

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex maritima Gunnerus

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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 maritima Gunnerus – curved sedge

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex maritima Gunnerus

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More Accounts and Images:
Carex maritima Gunnerus

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39419.

Time Generated: 10/31/2008 12:50 PM MDT