Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Carex maritima Gunnerus


CYPERACEAE Family selection - Sedge family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Carex maritima Gunnerus Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Fl. Norveg. 2: 131 (1772)
Rank: species

pictures Images of Carex maritima


Common names

US name U.S. name: Curved sedge
Italian name: Carice costiera

Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Carex incurva Lightf.


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Carex maritima Gunnerus var. incurviformis (Mack.) B. Boivin
2) Carex maritima Gunnerus var. setina (Christ) Fernald



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:


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Gallery:

Carex maritima
Carex maritima
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: 361.

Carex maritima
Carex maritima
Credit: Photo by Franco Fenaroli

Carex maritima
Carex maritima
Credit: Photo by Franco Fenaroli

Carex maritima
Carex maritima
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: 424.

Carex maritima
Carex maritima
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Distributional map for Carex maritima Gunnerus
Map for Carex maritima Gunnerus
(*) 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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More species:
1) Carex maritima Gunnerus var. setina (Christ) Fernald [77]
2) Carex melanostachya M. Bieb. ex Willd. [256]
3) Carex membranacea Hook. [256]
4) Carex michelii Host [489]
5) Carex microchaeta T. Holm ssp. nesophila (T. Holm) E. Murray [290]
6) Carex missouriensis P. Rothr. & Reznicek [233]
7) Carex nardina Fr. var. hepburnii (Boott) Kük. [240]
8) Carex nigra (L.) Reichard var. strictiformis (L.H. Bailey) Fernald [164]
9) Carex oligosperma Michx. [230]
10) Carex paniculata L. [1314]

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