PLANTS Profile for Carex scoparia var. scoparia (broom sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. var. scoparia
broom sedge

Symbol:

CASCS

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

More Information:

Images:
Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. var. scoparia

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Synonyms:
Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. var. scoparia

	CASCC3	Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. var. condensa Fernald
	CASCM2	Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. var. moniliformis Tuck.
	CATRM2	Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. var. moniliformis (Tuck.) Britton

Distribution:
Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. var. scoparia


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. var. scoparia

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 593 species in Carex, 2 varieties in Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd.

Classification:
Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. var. scoparia

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Carex scoparia:

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

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. var. scoparia

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 527153.

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

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 10:23 AM CDT