PLANTS Profile for Carex muehlenbergii var. enervis (Muhlenberg's sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd. var. enervis Boott
Muhlenberg's sedge

Symbol:

CAMUE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

Images:
Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd. var. enervis Boott

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Synonyms:
Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd. var. enervis Boott

CAPL12

Carex plana Mack.

Distribution:
Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd. var. enervis Boott


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd. var. enervis Boott

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex, 2 varieties in Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd.

Classification:
Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd. var. enervis Boott

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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 muehlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd. – Muhlenberg's sedge
Variety	Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd. var. enervis Boott – Muhlenberg's sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd. var. enervis Boott

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.

Maine:
Carex muehlenbergii
Muhlenberg sedge		Threatened
Vermont:
Carex muehlenbergii
Muehlenberg's sedge		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Carex muehlenbergii Schkuhr ex Willd. var. enervis Boott

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 527128.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 02/10/2010 08:05 AM MST