PLANTS Profile for Carex garberi (elk sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex garberi Fernald
elk sedge

Symbol:

CAGA3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Carex garberi Fernald

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Synonyms:
Carex garberi Fernald

	CAGAB	Carex garberi Fernald ssp. bifaria (Fernald) Hultén
	CAGAB2	Carex garberi Fernald var. bifaria Fernald

Distribution:
Carex garberi Fernald


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CA, IL, IN, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NY, OH, OR, PA, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Carex garberi Fernald

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 589 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex garberi Fernald

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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 garberi Fernald – elk sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex garberi Fernald

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are 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.

Illinois:
elk sedge		Endangered
Indiana:
elk sedge		Threatened
Maine:
Garber's sedge		Special Concern
Minnesota:
Garber's sedge		Threatened
New Hampshire:
Carex garberi var. bifaria
Garber's sedge		Endangered
New York:
elk sedge		Endangered
Ohio:
Garber's sedge		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
elk sedge		Endangered
Vermont:
Garber's sedge		Threatened
Wisconsin:
elk 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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 garberi Fernald

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW-,FACW

FACW

FACW-

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex garberi Fernald

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 39611.

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 species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 05:32 PM CST