PLANTS Profile for Carex obtusata (obtuse sedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Carex obtusata Lilj.
obtuse sedge

Symbol:

CAOB4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich. 1998. Field guide to Intermountain sedges. General Technical Report RMS-GTR-10. USDA Forest Service, RMRS, Ogden. Courtesy of USDA FS RMRS Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab. Usage Requirements.

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Carex obtusata Lilj.

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Distribution:
Carex obtusata Lilj.


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USA (AK, CO, MN, MT, ND, NM, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Carex obtusata Lilj.

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 593 species in Carex

Classification:
Carex obtusata Lilj.

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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 obtusata Lilj. – obtuse sedge

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carex obtusata Lilj.

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.

Washington:
blunt sedge		Sensitive

More Accounts and Images:
Carex obtusata Lilj.

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 39725.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 07:25 PM CDT