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Carex meadii Dewey
Mead's sedge

       
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Carex meadii Dewey

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Synonyms:
Carex meadii Dewey

  CATEM Carex tetanica Schkuhr var. meadii (Dewey) L.H. Bailey
 

Distribution:
Carex meadii Dewey

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (MB, ON, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex meadii Dewey

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex meadii 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 meadii Dewey – Mead's sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex meadii Dewey

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:
Mead's sedge              Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Mead's sedge              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex meadii 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
FACU,OBL FAC FAC FAC FACU FAC FACW OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Carex meadii Dewey

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 39686.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

 
 
Time Generated: 10/21/2008 07:46 PM MDT