PLANTS Profile for Carex duriuscula (needleleaf sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex duriuscula C.A. Mey.
needleleaf sedge

Symbol:

CADU6

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Carex eleocharis

Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich. 1998. Field guide to Intermountain sedges. General Technical Report RMS-GTR-10. USDA Forest Service, RMRS, Ogden. Courtesy of USDA FS RMRS Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab. Usage Requirements.

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Carex duriuscula C.A. Mey.

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Synonyms:
Carex duriuscula C.A. Mey.

	CAEL2	Carex eleocharis L.H. Bailey
	CAST40	Carex stenophylla auct. non Wahlenb.
	CASTE3	Carex stenophylla Wahlenb. ssp. eleocharis (L.H. Bailey) Hultén
	CASTE5	Carex stenophylla Wahlenb. var. enervis Kük.

Distribution:
Carex duriuscula C.A. Mey.


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, IL, KS, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Carex duriuscula C.A. Mey.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex duriuscula C.A. Mey.

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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 duriuscula C.A. Mey. – needleleaf sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex duriuscula C.A. Mey.

The 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.

Washington:
Carex eleocharis
narrow-leaved sedge		Sensitive

More Accounts and Images:
Carex duriuscula C.A. Mey.

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 501216.

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).

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 09:50 PM MDT