PLANTS Profile for Carex scirpoidea ssp. pseudoscirpoidea (western singlespike sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex scirpoidea Michx. ssp. pseudoscirpoidea (Rydb.) Dunlop
western singlespike sedge

Symbol:

CASCP3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Carex scirpoidea Michx. ssp. pseudoscirpoidea (Rydb.) Dunlop

Carex scirpoidea var. pseudoscirpoidea

Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich. 1998. Field guide to Intermountain sedges. General Technical Report RMS-GTR-10. USDA Forest Service, RMRS, Ogden. Courtesy of USDA FS RMRS Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab. Usage Requirements.

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Carex scirpoidea Michx. ssp. pseudoscirpoidea (Rydb.) Dunlop

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Synonyms:
Carex scirpoidea Michx. ssp. pseudoscirpoidea (Rydb.) Dunlop

	CAPS2	Carex pseudoscirpoidea Rydb.		western singlespike sedge
	CASCP2	Carex scirpoidea Michx. var. pseudoscirpoidea (Rydb.) Cronquist

Distribution:
Carex scirpoidea Michx. ssp. pseudoscirpoidea (Rydb.) Dunlop


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Carex scirpoidea Michx. ssp. pseudoscirpoidea (Rydb.) Dunlop

View 37 genera in Cyperaceae, 592 species in Carex, 4 subspecies in Carex scirpoidea Michx.

Classification:
Carex scirpoidea Michx. ssp. pseudoscirpoidea (Rydb.) Dunlop

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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 scirpoidea Michx. – northern singlespike sedge
Subspecies	Carex scirpoidea Michx. ssp. pseudoscirpoidea (Rydb.) Dunlop – western singlespike sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex scirpoidea Michx. ssp. pseudoscirpoidea (Rydb.) Dunlop

The related entities 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.

Maine:
Carex scirpoidea
bulrush sedge		Threatened
Michigan:
Carex scirpoidea
bulrush sedge		Threatened
New Hampshire:
Carex scirpoidea
scirpus-like sedge		Threatened
New York:
Carex scirpoidea
Canadian single-spike sedge		Endangered
Washington:
Carex scirpoidea
Canadian single-spike sedge		Sensitive

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Carex scirpoidea Michx. ssp. pseudoscirpoidea (Rydb.) Dunlop

Carex pseudoscirpoidea:

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

FACU

FAC*

FACU*

Carex scirpoidea:

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

FACU,FACU+

FACU

FAC*

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex scirpoidea Michx. ssp. pseudoscirpoidea (Rydb.) Dunlop

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

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

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