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Carex flaccosperma Dewey
thinfruit sedge

       
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Photo of Carex flaccosperma Dewey
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex flaccosperma Dewey

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Distribution:
Carex flaccosperma Dewey

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USA (AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex flaccosperma Dewey

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex flaccosperma Dewey

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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 flaccosperma Dewey – thinfruit sedge
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex flaccosperma Dewey

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
FAC,FACW FAC FAC+ FACW NO FACW- FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex flaccosperma Dewey

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

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39605.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 09/23/2008 01:29 PM MDT