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Carex gravida L.H. Bailey
heavy sedge

       
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Line Drawing of Carex gravida L.H. Bailey
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 367. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex gravida L.H. Bailey

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Distribution:
Carex gravida L.H. Bailey

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USA (AR, CO, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WY), CAN (MB, ON, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex gravida L.H. Bailey

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Carex gravida L.H. Bailey var. gravida. .
Carex gravida var. gravida
heavy sedge
Distribution of Carex gravida L.H. Bailey var. lunelliana (Mack.) F.J. Herm.. .
Carex gravida var. lunelliana
heavy sedge
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Carex gravida L.H. Bailey

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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 gravida L.H. Bailey – heavy sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex gravida L.H. Bailey

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.

Indiana:
heavy sedge              Endangered
Michigan:
sedge              Probably Extirpated
Tennessee:
heavy sedge              Special Concern
 

More Accounts and Images:
Carex gravida L.H. Bailey

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 39621.

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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