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Carex tetanica Schkuhr
rigid sedge

       
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Line Drawing of Carex tetanica Schkuhr
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 398. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex tetanica Schkuhr

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Distribution:
Carex tetanica Schkuhr

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USA (CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, VA, WI, WV), CAN (MB, ON, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex tetanica Schkuhr

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex tetanica Schkuhr

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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 tetanica Schkuhr – rigid sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex tetanica Schkuhr

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:
rigid sedge              Special Concern
Kentucky:
rigid sedge              Endangered
Maryland:
rigid sedge              Endangered, Extirpated
Massachusetts:
fen sedge              Special Concern
Pennsylvania:
Wood's sedge              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex tetanica Schkuhr

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,FACW+ FACW FACW FACW FACW FACW+ FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex tetanica Schkuhr

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 39841.

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

 
 
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