PLANTS Profile for Carex spectabilis (showy sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex spectabilis Dewey
showy sedge

Symbol:

CASP5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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©Susan McDougall. Trees Live Here. United States, WA, Mount Adams, N.W. side, Takh Takh Meadow, 1390 m. June 25, 2004. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Carex spectabilis Dewey

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Synonyms:
Carex spectabilis Dewey

	CAIN32	Carex invisa L.H. Bailey
	CANI10	Carex nigella Boott
	CATO14	Carex tolmiei Boott

Distribution:
Carex spectabilis Dewey


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USA (AK, CA, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, YT)

Related Taxa:
Carex spectabilis Dewey

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 589 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex spectabilis Dewey

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW

FACW*

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex spectabilis Dewey

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 39810.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 06:02 PM CST