Carex capillaris L.
CYPERACEAE
- Sedge family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Carex capillaris L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 977 (1753)
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Hair-like sedge
English name: hair sedge
Italian name: Carice capillare
Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Carex boecheriana A. Löve, D. Löve & Raymond
= Carex capillaris L. ssp. chlorostachys (Stev.) A. Löve, D. Löve & Raymond
= Carex capillaris L. ssp. robustior (Drejer ex Lange) Böcher
= Carex capillaris L. var. elongata Olney ex Fernald
= Carex capillaris L. var. fuscidula (Krecz.) A. Löve & D. Löve
= Carex capillaris L. var. major Blytt
Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Carex capillaris L. ssp. chlorostachys (Stev.) A. Löve, D. Löve & Raymond
2) Carex capillaris L. ssp. krausei (Boeckeler) Böcher
3) Carex capillaris L. ssp. porsildiana (Polunin) Böcher
4) Carex capillaris L. ssp. robustior (Drejer ex Lange) Böcher
5) Carex capillaris L. var. elongata Olney ex Fernald
6) Carex capillaris L. var. fuscidula (Krecz.) A. Löve & D. Löve
7) Carex capillaris L. var. krausei (Boeckeler) Crantz
8) Carex capillaris L. var. major Blytt
9) Carex capillaris L. var. williamsii (Britton) B. Boivin
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
Page counter: 1301 ( AVG: 223.88 / 293.329 )
Gallery:
Carex capillaris
Jacob Sturm, Johann Georg Sturm - Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen (1796). - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.
Carex capillaris
Credit: Photo by Davide Tomasi - Cornedo Vicentino
Carex capillaris
Credit: Photo by Davide Tomasi - Cornedo Vicentino
Carex capillaris
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / 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. - Not copyrighted image
Carex capillaris
Credit: Photo by Franco Fenaroli
Carex capillaris
Credit: Photo by Franco Fenaroli
Carex capillaris
Credit: Photo by Davide Tomasi - Cornedo Vicentino
Carex capillaris
Credit: Photo by Davide Tomasi - Cornedo Vicentino
Carex capillaris
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / 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. - Not copyrighted image
Carex capillaris
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 411.
Carex capillaris
Credit: Photo by Davide Tomasi - Cornedo Vicentino
Carex capillaris
Walter Hood Fitch - Illustrations of the British Flora (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
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Carex capillaris
Credit: Photo by Davide Tomasi - Cornedo Vicentino
Carex capillaris
Credit: Photo by Davide Tomasi - Cornedo Vicentino
Carex capillaris
Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. - Not copyrighted image
Carex capillaris
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. - Not copyrighted image
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, CO, ID, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NM, NV, NY, OR, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
Map for Carex capillaris L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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