PLANTS Profile for Kobresia (bog sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Kobresia Willd.
bog sedge

Symbol:

KOBRE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

More Information:

Distribution:
Kobresia Willd.

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

Related Taxa:
Kobresia Willd.

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Kobresia myosuroides (Vill.) Fiori. . Image Available.

Kobresia myosuroides
Bellardi bog sedge

Distribution of Kobresia sibirica (Turcz. ex Ledeb.) Boeckeler. .

Kobresia sibirica
Siberian bog sedge

Distribution of Kobresia simpliciuscula (Wahlenb.) Mack.. .

Kobresia simpliciuscula
simple bog sedge

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Kobresia Willd.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


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	Kobresia Willd. – bog sedge

More Accounts and Images:
Kobresia Willd.

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 40139.

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

Related Web Sites:
Kobresia Willd.

USDA NRCS-Wetland Monocot Keys for the U.S.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 12:00 PM CDT