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Carex pensylvanica Lam.
Pennsylvania sedge

       
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Line Drawing of Carex pensylvanica Lam.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 391. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carex pensylvanica Lam.

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Synonyms:
Carex pensylvanica Lam.

  CAMA47 Carex marginata Willd.
  CAPEG Carex pensylvanica Lam. var. glumabunda Peck
  CAPEM2 Carex pensylvanica Lam. var. marginata (Willd.) Dewey
  CAPEV Carex pensylvanica Lam. var. vespertina L.H. Bailey
  CAST24 Carex stolonifera Schwein.
 

Distribution:
Carex pensylvanica Lam.

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex pensylvanica Lam.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 579 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex pensylvanica Lam.

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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 pensylvanica Lam. – Pennsylvania sedge
 

More Accounts and Images:
Carex pensylvanica Lam.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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 39749.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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