Species: Carex flava
Yellow Sedge
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Monocotyledoneae
Order
Cyperales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
yellow sedge
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Sedge Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Cyperales - Cyperaceae - Carex - As treated by Kartesz (1999), the species Carex flava is accepted without subspecies or varieties. Of the several varieties sometimes recognized in Carex flava, five (vars. fertilis, gaspensis, graminis, laxior, and rectirostra) are included in the synonymy of C. flava. However, vars. lepidocarpa and nelmesiana are included in Carex virida, and part of var. fertilis is included in C. cryptolepis. LEM 6Jun00.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1984-02-29
Global Status Last Changed
1984-02-29
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Circumboreal in America south to New Jersey, Indiana, and Montana; peripheral in Washington, adjacent British Columbia, and Idaho (Washington Natural Heritage Program, 1981).