PLANTS Profile for Carex albicans var. emmonsii (Emmons' sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. emmonsii (Dewey ex Torr.) J. Rettig
Emmons' sedge

Symbol:

CAALE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

Images:
Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. emmonsii (Dewey ex Torr.) J. Rettig

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Synonyms:
Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. emmonsii (Dewey ex Torr.) J. Rettig

CAEM

Carex emmonsii Dewey ex Torr.

Distribution:
Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. emmonsii (Dewey ex Torr.) J. Rettig


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USA (CT, DC, DE, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. emmonsii (Dewey ex Torr.) J. Rettig

View 37 genera in Cyperaceae, 592 species in Carex, 3 varieties in Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng.

Classification:
Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. emmonsii (Dewey ex Torr.) J. Rettig

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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 albicans Willd. ex Spreng. – whitetinge sedge
Variety	Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. emmonsii (Dewey ex Torr.) J. Rettig – Emmons' sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. emmonsii (Dewey ex Torr.) J. Rettig

The related entity italicized and indented below 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.

Rhode Island:
Carex albicans
covered sedge		Special Concern

More Accounts and Images:
Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. emmonsii (Dewey ex Torr.) J. Rettig

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 527066.

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.

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 06:58 AM CDT