PLANTS Profile for Carex torreyi (Torrey's sedge)

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Carex torreyi Tuck.
Torrey's sedge

Symbol:

CATO3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Carex abbreviata

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 415. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Carex torreyi Tuck.

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Synonyms:
Carex torreyi Tuck.

CAAB9

Carex abbreviata Prescott

Distribution:
Carex torreyi Tuck.


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USA (CO, MN, MT, ND, SD, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Carex torreyi Tuck.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex torreyi Tuck.

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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 torreyi Tuck. – Torrey's sedge

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex torreyi Tuck.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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UPL,FAC

UPL

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex torreyi Tuck.

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 39847.

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

Time Generated: 10/29/2008 05:34 PM MDT