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Carex proposita Mack.
Great Smoky Mountain sedge

       
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Photo of Carex proposita Mack.
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 proposita Mack.

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Distribution:
Carex proposita Mack.

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USA (CA, ID, WA, WY)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex proposita Mack.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex proposita 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 proposita Mack. – Great Smoky Mountain sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex proposita Mack.

This plant is 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.

Washington:
Smoky Mountain sedge              Sensitive
 

More Accounts and Images:
Carex proposita Mack.

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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 39773.

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

 
 
Time Generated: 10/24/2008 01:30 AM MDT