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Carex torta Boott ex Tuck.
twisted sedge

       
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Photo of Carex torta Boott ex Tuck.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex torta Boott ex Tuck.

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Distribution:
Carex torta Boott ex Tuck.

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex torta Boott ex Tuck.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex torta Boott ex Tuck.

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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 torta Boott ex Tuck. – twisted sedge
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex torta Boott ex Tuck.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW,OBL FACW OBL OBL NO NO NI NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex torta Boott ex Tuck.

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 39848.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/04/2008 02:43 AM MDT