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Carex venusta Dewey var. minor Boeckeler
darkgreen sedge

       
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Line Drawing of Carex venusta Dewey var. minor Boeckeler
Carex oblita

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 409. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex venusta Dewey var. minor Boeckeler

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Synonyms:
Carex venusta Dewey var. minor Boeckeler

  CAOB8 Carex oblita Steud.
 

Distribution:
Carex venusta Dewey var. minor Boeckeler

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Related Taxa:
Carex venusta Dewey var. minor Boeckeler

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex, 2 varieties in Carex venusta Dewey
 

Classification:
Carex venusta Dewey var. minor Boeckeler

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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 venusta Dewey – darkgreen sedge
Variety Carex venusta Dewey var. minor Boeckeler – darkgreen sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex venusta Dewey var. minor Boeckeler

This plant and the related entityitalicized and indented below are 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.

Maryland:
Carex venusta
dark green sedge              Threatened
New York:
graceful sedge              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex venusta Dewey var. minor Boeckeler

Carex venusta:

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
FACW+,OBL OBL FACW+ NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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Carex venusta Dewey var. minor Boeckeler

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527169.

 
 
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