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Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.
water sedge

       
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Photo of Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.

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Distribution:
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.

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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. aquatilis. . Image Available.
Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis
water sedge
Distribution of Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. dives (T. Holm) Kük.. .
Carex aquatilis var. dives
Sitka sedge
Distribution of Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. stans (Drejer) Boott. .
Carex aquatilis var. stans
water sedge
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.

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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 aquatilis Wahlenb. – water sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized 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.

Connecticut:
Carex aquatilis var. altior [=CAAQA]
sedge              Special Concern
New Jersey:
water sedge              Endangered
Pennsylvania:
water sedge              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.

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 OBL OBL OBL NO OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL NO NO

Carex sitchensis [=CAAQD]:

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 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO OBL OBL OBL NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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 39374.

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

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 3 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

 
 
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