PLANTS Profile for Carex atlantica (prickly bog sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey
prickly bog sedge

Symbol:

CAAT4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey

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Distribution:
Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV), CAN (NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 589 species in Carex or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey ssp. atlantica. . Image Available.

Carex atlantica ssp. atlantica
prickly bog sedge

Distribution of Carex atlantica L.H. Bailey ssp. capillacea (L.H. Bailey) Reznicek. . Image Available.

Carex atlantica ssp. capillacea
prickly bog sedge

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Carex atlantica 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 atlantica L.H. Bailey – prickly bog sedge

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

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.

Indiana:
Carex atlantica ssp. atlantica
Atlantic sedge		Threatened
Carex atlantica ssp. capillacea
Howe sedge		Endangered
Kentucky:
Carex atlantica ssp. capillacea
prickly bog sedge		Endangered

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 atlantica L.H. Bailey

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

FACW,OBL

FACW+

FACW

OBL

Carex howei [=CAATC]:

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OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

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

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

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39450.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

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