PLANTS Profile for Carex lucorum var. austrolucorum (Blue Ridge sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link var. austrolucorum J. Rettig
Blue Ridge sedge

Symbol:

CALUA2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link var. austrolucorum J. Rettig

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Distribution:
Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link var. austrolucorum J. Rettig


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USA (GA, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link var. austrolucorum J. Rettig

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 593 species in Carex, 2 varieties in Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link

Classification:
Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link var. austrolucorum J. Rettig

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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 lucorum Willd. ex Link – Blue Ridge sedge
Variety	Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link var. austrolucorum J. Rettig – Blue Ridge sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link var. austrolucorum J. Rettig

The related entities 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:
Carex lucorum
sedge		Endangered
Ohio:
Carex lucorum
fire sedge		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Carex lucorum Willd. ex Link var. austrolucorum J. Rettig

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 527121.

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 06:12 PM CDT