PLANTS Profile for Carex typhina (cattail sedge)

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Carex typhina Michx.
cattail sedge

Symbol:

CATY

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Carex typhina Michx.

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Synonyms:
Carex typhina Michx.

CASQT

Carex squarrosa L. var. typhina (Michx.) Nutt.

Distribution:
Carex typhina Michx.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Carex typhina Michx.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex typhina Michx.

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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 typhina Michx. – cattail sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex typhina Michx.

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:
sedge		Special Concern
Maine:
cat-tail sedge		Possibly Extirpated
Massachusetts:
cat-tail sedge		Threatened
Michigan:
cat-tail sedge		Threatened
New York:
cat-tail sedge		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
cattail sedge		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex typhina Michx.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW+,OBL

FACW+

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex typhina Michx.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39439.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 09/24/2008 11:08 AM MDT