Species: Carex ovalis
Oval Sedge
Species
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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
eggbract sedge
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Sedge Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Cyperales - Cyperaceae - Carex - by Mackenzie 1940, see Flora of North America 2002).
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2004-05-06
Global Status Last Changed
2004-05-06
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
In North America, native to British Columbia south to California (FNA 2002; Kartesz 2003 draft; GRIN 2001). <i>Carex ovalis</i> is also native throughout Europe and in western Asia (GRIN 2001; FNA 2002). <i>Carex ovalis </i>is naturalized in Atlantic Canada, scattered eastern states south to North Carolina and west to Wisconsin, and also in Australia and New Zealand (GRIN 2001; FNA 2002).