PLANTS Profile for Carex luzulina (woodrush sedge)

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Carex luzulina Olney
woodrush sedge

Symbol:

CALU7

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Carex luzulina Olney

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Distribution:
Carex luzulina Olney


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USA (CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Carex luzulina Olney

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

Distribution of Carex luzulina Olney var. ablata (L.H. Bailey) F.J. Herm.. . Image Available.

Carex luzulina var. ablata
woodrush sedge

Distribution of Carex luzulina Olney var. atropurpurea Dorn. .

Carex luzulina var. atropurpurea
woodrush sedge

Distribution of Carex luzulina Olney var. luzulina. .

Carex luzulina var. luzulina
woodrush sedge

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Carex luzulina Olney

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex luzulina Olney

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 39680.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 05:44 PM CST