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Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. australis (L.H. Bailey) J. Rettig
stellate sedge

       
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Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. australis (L.H. Bailey) J. Rettig

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Synonyms:
Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. australis (L.H. Bailey) J. Rettig

  CAEMA Carex emmonsii Dewey ex Torr. var. australis (L.H. Bailey) J. Rettig
  CAPH4 Carex physorhyncha Liebm. ex Steud.
  CAVAA Carex varia Muhl. ex Willd., non Host var. australis L.H. Bailey
 

Distribution:
Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. australis (L.H. Bailey) J. Rettig

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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)
 

Related Taxa:
Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. australis (L.H. Bailey) J. Rettig

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 593 species in Carex, 3 varieties in Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng.
 

Classification:
Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. australis (L.H. Bailey) J. Rettig

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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 albicans Willd. ex Spreng. – whitetinge sedge
Variety Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. australis (L.H. Bailey) J. Rettig – stellate sedge
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. australis (L.H. Bailey) J. Rettig

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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.

Illinois:
Carex physorhyncha
Bellow's-beak sedge              Endangered
Rhode Island:
Carex albicans
covered sedge              Special Concern
 

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. australis (L.H. Bailey) J. Rettig

Carex physorhyncha:

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
UPL,FACU UPL FACU- UPL NO NO FACU NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. var. australis (L.H. Bailey) J. Rettig

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527065.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
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