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Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. ssp. sphaerostachya (Tuck.) Kalela
brownish sedge

       
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Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. ssp. sphaerostachya (Tuck.) Kalela

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Synonyms:
Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. ssp. sphaerostachya (Tuck.) Kalela

  CABRS2 Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. var. sphaerostachya (Tuck.) Kük.
 

Distribution:
Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. ssp. sphaerostachya (Tuck.) Kalela

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (CO, CT, GA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. ssp. sphaerostachya (Tuck.) Kalela

View 37 genera in Cyperaceae, 592 species in Carex, 3 subspecies in Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir.
 

Classification:
Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. ssp. sphaerostachya (Tuck.) Kalela

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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 brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. – brownish sedge
Subspecies Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. ssp. sphaerostachya (Tuck.) Kalela – brownish sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. ssp. sphaerostachya (Tuck.) Kalela

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.

Illinois:
Carex brunnescens
brownish sedge              Endangered
Indiana:
Carex brunnescens
brownish sedge              Endangered
New Jersey:
Carex brunnescens
round-spike brownish sedge              Endangered
Ohio:
Carex brunnescens
brownish sedge              Threatened
 

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. ssp. sphaerostachya (Tuck.) Kalela

Carex brunnescens:

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
FAC,OBL FACW FAC FACW FAC NO NO NO FACW OBL NO FAC NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. ssp. sphaerostachya (Tuck.) Kalela

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 523752.

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

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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