PLANTS Profile for Carex vesicaria (blister sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex vesicaria L.
blister sedge

Symbol:

CAVE6

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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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 vesicaria L.

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Distribution:
Carex vesicaria L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Carex vesicaria L.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Carex vesicaria var. distenta
blister sedge

Carex vesicaria var. jejuna
blister sedge

Carex vesicaria var. laurentiana
Laurent's sedge

Carex vesicaria var. monile
blister sedge

Carex vesicaria var. raeana
blister sedge

Carex vesicaria var. vesicaria
blister sedge

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Carex vesicaria L.

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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 vesicaria L. – blister sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex vesicaria L.

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.

Maryland:
inflated sedge		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex vesicaria L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex vesicaria L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 39467.

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 photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

Time Generated: 09/24/2008 09:59 AM MDT