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Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G. Tucker
smallflower halfchaff sedge

       
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Photo of Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G. Tucker
Hemicarpha micrantha

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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Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G. Tucker

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Synonyms:
Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G. Tucker

  HEMI5 Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Pax
  HEMIM3 Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Pax var. minor (Schrad.) Friedland
  SCMI11 Scirpus micranthus Vahl
  SCMIM2 Scirpus micranthus Vahl var. minor (Schrad. ex Roem. & Schult.) B. Boivin
 

Distribution:
Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G. Tucker

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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI), USA+ (PR), CAN (BC, ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G. Tucker

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 6 species in Lipocarpha
 

Classification:
Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G. Tucker

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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 Lipocarpha R. Br. – halfchaff sedge
Species Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G. Tucker – smallflower halfchaff sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G. Tucker

This plant and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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:
Hemicarpha micrantha
dwarf bulrush              Endangered
Maine:
dwarf bulrush              Threatened
Maryland:
small-flowered hemicarpha              Endangered
Massachusetts:
dwarf bulrush              Threatened
New Jersey:
Hemicarpha micrantha
small-flower halfchaff sedge              Endangered
New York:
dwarf bulrush              Endangered
Ohio:
dwarf bulrush              Threatened
Pennsylvania:
Hemicarpha micrantha
common hemicarpa              Endangered
Rhode Island:
tiny-flowered sedge              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G. Tucker

Hemicarpha micrantha:

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 OBL FACW FACW+ OBL* NI OBL FACW NO OBL NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G. Tucker

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 503499.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

 
 
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