PLANTS Profile for Carex sterilis (dioecious sedge)

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Carex sterilis Willd.
dioecious sedge

Symbol:

CAST16

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Carex elachycarpa

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 377. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Carex sterilis Willd.

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Synonyms:
Carex sterilis Willd.

	CAEL11	Carex elachycarpa Fernald
	CAMI31	Carex ×minganinsularum Raymond
	CAMUS	Carex muricata L. var. sterilis (Willd.) Gleason
	KOEL2	Kobresia elachycarpa (Fernald) Fernald

Distribution:
Carex sterilis Willd.


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USA (AL, CT, IA, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Carex sterilis Willd.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex sterilis Willd.

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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 sterilis Willd. – dioecious sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex sterilis Willd.

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.

Connecticut:
dioecious sedge		Special Concern
Maine:
dioecious sedge		Threatened
Massachusetts:
dioecious sedge		Threatened
Minnesota:
sterile sedge		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
Atlantic sedge		Endangered
Rhode Island:
sterile sedge		Historical
Tennessee:
sterile sedge		Possibly Extirpated, Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex sterilis Willd.

Nat. Ind.

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OBL

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More Accounts and Images:
Carex sterilis Willd.

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 39819.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 05:30 PM MDT