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Carex paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb.
chaffy sedge

       
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Carex paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb.

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Synonyms:
Carex paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb.

  CAPAT Carex paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb. var. transatlantica Fernald
 

Distribution:
Carex paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (MA, ME, NH), CAN (LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 589 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb.

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

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
OBL OBL NO NI NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb.

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 39737.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

 
 
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