PLANTS Profile for Carex capitata (capitate sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex capitata L.
capitate sedge

Symbol:

CACA13

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich. 1998. Field guide to Intermountain sedges. General Technical Report RMS-GTR-10. USDA Forest Service, RMRS, Ogden. Courtesy of USDA FS RMRS Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab. Usage Requirements.

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Carex capitata L.

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Distribution:
Carex capitata L.


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USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, MT, NH, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Carex capitata L.

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

Distribution of Carex capitata L. ssp. arctogena (Harry Sm.) Hiitonen. .

Carex capitata ssp. arctogena
capitate sedge

Distribution of Carex capitata L. ssp. capitata. .

Carex capitata ssp. capitata
capitate sedge

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Carex capitata L.

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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 capitata L. – capitate sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex capitata L.

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.

New Hampshire:
Carex capitata ssp. arctogena
head-like 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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 capitata L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FAC

FACW

FAC

FACW

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex capitata L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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 39381.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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