PLANTS Profile for Carex arkansana (Arkansas sedge)

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Carex arkansana (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey
Arkansas sedge

Symbol:

CAAR5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Distribution:
Carex arkansana (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey


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USA (AR, IL, IN, KS, LA, MO, OK, TX)

Related Taxa:
Carex arkansana (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 589 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex arkansana (L.H. Bailey) 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 arkansana (L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey – Arkansas sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex arkansana (L.H. Bailey) 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.

Illinois:
Arkansas sedge		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Carex arkansana (L.H. Bailey) 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 39504.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 05:15 PM CST