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Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link
Blue Ridge sedge

       
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Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link

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Distribution:
Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link

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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (CT, GA, IL, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link var. austrolucorum J. Rettig. .
Carex lucorum var. austrolucorum
Blue Ridge sedge
Distribution of Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link var. lucorum. .
Carex lucorum var. lucorum
Blue Ridge sedge
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link

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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 lucorum Willd. ex Link – Blue Ridge sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link

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.

Illinois:
sedge              Endangered
Ohio:
fire sedge              Endangered
 

More Accounts and Images:
Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link

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 501241.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
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