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Carex digitalis Willd.
slender woodland sedge

       
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Line Drawing of Carex digitalis Willd.
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: 401. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex digitalis Willd.

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Distribution:
Carex digitalis Willd.

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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, WI, WV), CAN (NS, ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex digitalis Willd.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 589 species in Carex or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Carex digitalis Willd. var. digitalis. .
Carex digitalis var. digitalis
slender woodland sedge
Distribution of Carex digitalis Willd. var. floridana (L.H. Bailey) Naczi & Bryson. .
Carex digitalis var. floridana
slender woodland sedge
Distribution of Carex digitalis Willd. var. macropoda Fernald. .
Carex digitalis var. macropoda
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Carex digitalis Willd.

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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 digitalis Willd. – slender woodland sedge
 

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

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
UPL,FACU UPL FACU UPL NO NO UPL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex digitalis Willd.

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 taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39576.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
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