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Carex tetrastachya Scheele
Britton's sedge

       
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Carex tetrastachya Scheele

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Synonyms:
Carex tetrastachya Scheele

  CABR13 Carex brittoniana L.H. Bailey
 

Distribution:
Carex tetrastachya Scheele

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USA (LA, OK, TX)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex tetrastachya Scheele

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 589 species in Carex
 

Classification:
Carex tetrastachya Scheele

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Carex brittoniana:

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,OBL NO NO NO NO NO FACW OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex tetrastachya Scheele

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 565049.

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

 
 
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