PLANTS Profile for Carex microptera (smallwing sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex microptera Mack.
smallwing sedge

Symbol:

CAMI7

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 microptera Mack.

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Synonyms:
Carex microptera Mack.

	CAFE2	Carex festivella Mack.
	CALI6	Carex limnophila F.J. Herm.
	CAMAF	Carex macloviana d'Urv. ssp. festivella (Mack.) Á. Löve & D. Löve
	CAMAM13	Carex macloviana d'Urv. var. microptera (Mack.) B. Boivin
	CAMIC	Carex microptera Mack. var. crassinervia F.J. Herm.
	CAMIL	Carex microptera Mack. var. limnophila (F.J. Herm.) Dorn

Distribution:
Carex microptera Mack.


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Carex microptera Mack.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 589 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex microptera Mack.

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

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

FACW

FAC

FAC*

FAC

FACW+

Carex limnophila:

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

FACW,OBL

OBL

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex microptera Mack.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39699.

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 from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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