Species: Carex scirpoidea ssp. scirpoidea

Canadian Single-spike Sedge
Species

    Carex scirpoidea ssp. scirpoidea is a tufted grass-like plant. Leaves are strap-like and 2.5 mm wide. Stems are 5-40 cm tall and have one flower/fruit cluster (spike) at their apices. Spikes are composed of either entirely male or entirely female flowers and are narrowly cylindrical. Stems from individual plants usually have only male spikes or only female spikes. Female flowers develop into fruits (perigynia) which are 1.8-3 mm long (Dunlop 2002).

    Kingdom
    Plantae
    Phylum
    Anthophyta
    Class

    Monocotyledoneae

    Order

    Cyperales

    Family

    Cyperaceae

    Genus

    Carex

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Single-spike Sedge - carex faux-scirpe
    Informal Taxonomy
    Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Sedge Family
    Formal Taxonomy
    Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Cyperales - Cyperaceae - Carex

    Carex scirpoidea ssp. scirpoidea is a tufted grass-like plant. Leaves are strap-like and 2.5 mm wide. Stems are 5-40 cm tall and have one flower/fruit cluster (spike) at their apices. Spikes are composed of either entirely male or entirely female flowers and are narrowly cylindrical. Stems from individual plants usually have only male spikes or only female spikes. Female flowers develop into fruits (perigynia) which are 1.8-3 mm long (Dunlop 2002).

    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5T5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2005-11-21
    Global Status Last Changed
    2005-11-24
    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    Carex scirpoidea ssp. scirpoidea is a wide ranging taxon occuring in North America, Europe, and eastern Asia. In North America it occurs from Alaska, Nunavut, and Greenland south to Nova Scotia, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and Oregon (Dunlop 2002).
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