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Carex gynandra Schwein.
nodding sedge

       
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Line Drawing of Carex gynandra Schwein.
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: 425. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex gynandra Schwein.

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Synonyms:
Carex gynandra Schwein.

  CACRG2 Carex crinita Lam. var. gynandra (Schwein.) Schwein. & Torr.
 

Distribution:
Carex gynandra Schwein.

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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, NU, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex gynandra Schwein.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 589 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex gynandra 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 gynandra Schwein. – nodding sedge
 

More Accounts and Images:
Carex gynandra 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 39623.

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.

 
 
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