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Carex hormathodes Fernald
marsh straw sedge

       
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Line Drawing of Carex hormathodes Fernald
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 384. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex hormathodes Fernald

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Synonyms:
Carex hormathodes Fernald

  CASTI4 Carex straminea Willd. ex Schkuhr var. invisa W. Boott
 

Distribution:
Carex hormathodes Fernald

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VA), CAN (NB, NF, NS, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex hormathodes Fernald

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex hormathodes Fernald

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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 hormathodes Fernald – marsh straw sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex hormathodes Fernald

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.

New York:
marsh straw sedge              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex hormathodes Fernald

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
OBL OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex hormathodes Fernald

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 39399.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

 
 
Time Generated: 10/26/2008 04:15 PM MDT