PLANTS Profile for Carex flaccosperma (thinfruit sedge)

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Carex flaccosperma Dewey
thinfruit sedge

Symbol:

CAFL3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Carex flaccosperma Dewey

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Distribution:
Carex flaccosperma Dewey


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USA (AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Carex flaccosperma Dewey

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 589 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex flaccosperma Dewey

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

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,FACW

FAC

FAC+

FACW

FACW-

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex flaccosperma Dewey

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 39605.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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