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Carex oligosperma Michx.
fewseed sedge

       
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Line Drawing of Carex oligosperma Michx.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 436. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex oligosperma Michx.

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Distribution:
Carex oligosperma Michx.

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (CT, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT, WI, WV), CAN (AB, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex oligosperma Michx.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Carex oligosperma Michx. var. oligosperma. .
Carex oligosperma var. oligosperma
fewseed sedge
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Carex oligosperma 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 oligosperma Michx. – fewseed sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex oligosperma 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:
few-seeded sedge              Special Concern
Illinois:
few-seeded sedge              Endangered
Massachusetts:
few-fruited sedge              Endangered
North Carolina:
few-seeded sedge              Endangered
Ohio:
few-seeded sedge              Threatened
Pennsylvania:
few seeded sedge              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex oligosperma Michx.

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
OBL OBL NO OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex oligosperma Michx.

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 39729.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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

 
 
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