PLANTS Profile for Carex rupestris var. rupestris (curly sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex rupestris All. var. rupestris
curly sedge

Symbol:

CARUR

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Carex rupestris All. var. rupestris

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Native Status:
Carex rupestris All. var. rupestris


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Carex rupestris All. var. rupestris

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 593 species in Carex, 2 varieties in Carex rupestris All.

Classification:
Carex rupestris All. var. rupestris

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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 rupestris All. – curly sedge
Variety	Carex rupestris All. var. rupestris – curly 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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 rupestris All. var. rupestris

Carex rupestris:

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

UPL,FACU

FACU

UPL

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex rupestris All. var. rupestris

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527144.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 12:16 AM CDT