PLANTS Profile for Carex flacca (heath sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex flacca Schreb.
heath sedge

Symbol:

CAFL8

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Carex glauca

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 415. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Carex flacca Schreb.

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Synonyms:
Carex flacca Schreb.

CAGL19

Carex glauca Scop.

Distribution:
Carex flacca Schreb.


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USA (MI, NY), CAN (NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Carex flacca Schreb.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex flacca Schreb.

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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 flacca Schreb. – heath sedge

Introduced Information:
Carex flacca Schreb.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Carex flacca Schreb.

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 39603.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Time Generated: 10/13/2008 02:29 AM MDT