PLANTS Profile for Carex echinata ssp. echinata (star sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex echinata Murray ssp. echinata
star sedge

Symbol:

CAECE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
HI		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Carex echinata Murray ssp. echinata

Carex leersii

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: 378. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Carex echinata Murray ssp. echinata

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Synonyms:
Carex echinata Murray ssp. echinata

	CAAN23	Carex angustior Mack.
	CAANG2	Carex angustior Mack. var. gracilenta R.T. Clausen & Wahl
	CACE5	Carex cephalantha (L.H. Bailey) E.P. Bicknell
	CAECA	Carex echinata Murray var. angustata (Carey) L.H. Bailey
	CAHA30	Carex hawaiiensis H. St. John
	CAJO4	Carex josselynii (Fernald) Mack. ex Pease
	CALA54	Carex laricina Mack. ex Bright
	CALE33	Carex leersii Willd.
	CAMUA3	Carex muricata L. var. angustata (Carey) Carey ex Gleason
	CAMUC2	Carex muricata L. var. cephalantha (L.H. Bailey) Wiegand & Eames
	CAMUL	Carex muricata L. var. laricina (Mack. ex Bright) Gleason
	CAOR2	Carex ormantha (Fernald) Mack.
	CAPHA	Carex phyllomanica W. Boott var. angustata (Carey) B. Boivin
	CAPHO	Carex phyllomanica W. Boott var. ormantha (Fernald) B. Boivin
	CASV	Carex svensonis Skottsb.

Distribution:
Carex echinata Murray ssp. echinata


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USA (AK, CA, CO, CT, DC, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Carex echinata Murray ssp. echinata

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 593 species in Carex, 2 subspecies in Carex echinata Murray

Classification:
Carex echinata Murray ssp. echinata

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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 echinata Murray – star sedge
Subspecies	Carex echinata Murray ssp. echinata – star sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex echinata Murray ssp. echinata

This plant and the related entitiesitalicized 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 echinata
little prickly sedge		Endangered
Indiana:
Carex echinata
little prickly sedge		Endangered
Ohio:
Carex echinata
little prickly sedge		Endangered
Tennessee:
little prickly 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 echinata Murray ssp. echinata

Carex echinata:

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

OBL

OBL*

OBL

Carex ormantha:

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

OBL

Carex svensonis:

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

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Carex echinata Murray ssp. echinata

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 39583.

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

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

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