PLANTS Profile for Carex ×stenolepis ()

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PLANTS Profile

Carex ×stenolepis Less. [saxatilis × vesicaria]

Symbol:

CAST55

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Carex ×stenolepis Less. [saxatilis × vesicaria]

Carex mainensis

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 432. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Carex ×stenolepis Less. [saxatilis × vesicaria]

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Synonyms:
Carex ×stenolepis Less. [saxatilis × vesicaria]

	CAAN16	Carex ×anticostensis (Fernald) Lepage
	CAANI	Carex ×anticostensis (Fernald) Lepage var. inflatior Lepage (pro nm.)
	CAANL	Carex ×anticostensis (Fernald) Lepage var. longidens Lepage (pro nm.)
	CAANM2	Carex ×anticostensis (Fernald) Lepage var. minor Lepage (pro nm.)
	CAGR38	Carex grahamii Boott.
	CAMA55	Carex mainensis Porter ex Britton
	CAROA3	Carex rostrata Stokes var. anticostensis Fernald

Distribution:
Carex ×stenolepis Less. [saxatilis × vesicaria]


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USA (ME), CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Carex ×stenolepis Less. [saxatilis × vesicaria]

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 589 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex ×stenolepis Less. [saxatilis × vesicaria]

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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 ×stenolepis Less. [saxatilis × vesicaria]

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex ×stenolepis Less. [saxatilis × vesicaria]

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
Maine sedge		Endangered

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Carex mainensis:

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

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

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Carex ×stenolepis Less. [saxatilis × vesicaria]

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507770.

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