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Carex crinita Lam.
fringed sedge

       
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Photo of Carex crinita Lam.
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 crinita Lam.

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Distribution:
Carex crinita Lam.

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

Related Taxa:
Carex crinita Lam.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Carex crinita Lam. var. brevicrinis Fernald. .
Carex crinita var. brevicrinis
fringed sedge
Distribution of Carex crinita Lam. var. crinita. .
Carex crinita var. crinita
fringed sedge
Distribution of Carex crinita Lam. var. porteri (Olney) Fernald. .
Carex crinita var. porteri
Porter's fringed sedge
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Carex crinita Lam.

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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 crinita Lam. – fringed sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex crinita Lam.

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Pennsylvania:
Carex crinita var. brevicrinis
short hair sedge              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Carex crinita Lam.

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 OBL FACW+ FACW+ NO NI OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex crinita Lam.

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 39385.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
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