PLANTS Profile for Carex austrina (southern sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex austrina (Small) Mack.
southern sedge

Symbol:

CAAU6

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Carex austrina (Small) Mack.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 366. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Carex austrina (Small) Mack.

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Synonyms:
Carex austrina (Small) Mack.

	CAMUA	Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd. var. australis Olney ex L.H. Bailey
	CAMUA4	Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd. var. austrina Small

Distribution:
Carex austrina (Small) Mack.


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Related Taxa:
Carex austrina (Small) Mack.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 589 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex austrina (Small) Mack.

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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 austrina (Small) Mack. – southern sedge

More Accounts and Images:
Carex austrina (Small) Mack.

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 39513.

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