PLANTS Profile for Carex fissa (hammock sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex fissa Mack.
hammock sedge

Symbol:

CAFI5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Carex fissa Mack.

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Distribution:
Carex fissa Mack.


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USA (AR, FL, GA, KS, LA, MD, MO, MS, OK, SC, TX)

Related Taxa:
Carex fissa Mack.

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

Distribution of Carex fissa Mack. var. aristata F.J. Herm.. .

Carex fissa var. aristata
hammock sedge

Distribution of Carex fissa Mack. var. fissa. .

Carex fissa var. fissa
hammock sedge

Native

Introduced

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW-,OBL

FACW+

FACW-

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex fissa 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 39601.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 05:30 PM CST