PLANTS Profile for Carex bigelowii (Bigelow's sedge)

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Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.
Bigelow's sedge

Symbol:

CABI5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Line Drawing of Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 421. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.

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Synonyms:
Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.

	CABIH2	Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein. ssp. hyperborea (Drejer) Böcher
	CACO51	Carex consimilis T. Holm

Distribution:
Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.


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USA (AK, CO, ID, ME, MT, NH, NY, VT, WY), CAN (LB, MB, NB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.

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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 bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein. – Bigelow's sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.

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.

Maine:
Bigelow's sedge		Special Concern
New York:
Bigelow's sedge		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FACW-

FACW

FAC*

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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 39378.

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

Time Generated: 09/22/2008 10:45 AM MDT