PLANTS Profile for Carex deweyana (Dewey sedge)

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Carex deweyana Schwein.
Dewey sedge

Symbol:

CADE9

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		I?
CAN		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 deweyana Schwein.

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Distribution:
Carex deweyana Schwein.


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USA (AK, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Carex deweyana Schwein.

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

Distribution of Carex deweyana Schwein. var. collectanea Fernald. .

Carex deweyana var. collectanea
roundfruit sedge

Distribution of Carex deweyana Schwein. var. deweyana. .

Carex deweyana var. deweyana
Dewey sedge

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Carex deweyana Schwein.

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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 deweyana Schwein. – Dewey sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex deweyana Schwein.

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.

New Jersey:
Dewey's sedge		Endangered
Ohio:
Dewey's sedge		Presumed Extirpated

Introduced Information:
Carex deweyana Schwein.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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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 deweyana Schwein.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

UPL,FACW

FACU

FACU-

FACU

UPL

FACW

FACU*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex deweyana Schwein.

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 39575.

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

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

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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