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Carex scopulorum T. Holm
mountain sedge

       
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Photo of Carex scopulorum T. Holm
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex scopulorum T. Holm

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Distribution:
Carex scopulorum T. Holm

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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, YT)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex scopulorum T. Holm

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Carex scopulorum T. Holm var. bracteosa (L.H. Bailey) F.J. Herm.. .
Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa
mountain sedge
Distribution of Carex scopulorum T. Holm var. prionophylla (T. Holm) L.A. Standl.. . Image Available.
Carex scopulorum var. prionophylla
firethread sedge
Distribution of Carex scopulorum T. Holm var. scopulorum. .
Carex scopulorum var. scopulorum
mountain sedge
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Carex scopulorum T. Holm

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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 scopulorum T. Holm – mountain sedge
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex scopulorum T. Holm

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 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACW FACW FACW FACW NO NO

Carex campylocarpa [=CASCB]:

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 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NI FACW NO NO NO NO

Carex miserabilis [=CASCP]:

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 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NI FACW NO NO NO NO

Carex prionophylla [=CASCP]:

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 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACW NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex scopulorum T. Holm

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39800.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 
 
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