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Carex bebbii

Olney ex Fern.

Bebb's Sedge

G5Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Least concernIUCN

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.131511

Element CodePMCYP031M0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

IUCNLeast concern

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyCyperaceae

GenusCarex

Synonyms

Carex tribuloides var. bebbiiOlney ex L.H. Bailey

Other Common Names

Bebb's sedge (EN) Carex de Bebb (FR)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-05-16

Change Date1984-06-06

Edition Date1990-11-29

Edition AuthorsWilliams, C.L.

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences81 to >300

Rank Reasons

Rank is based on more than 40 known element occurrences and a species distribution which extends across boreal North America.

Range Extent Comments

Boreal North America from Newfoundland to southeast and central Alaska.

Occurrences Comments

Estimate is based on species range which extends across boreal North America. Also more than forty element occurrences in Canada (Porsild and Cody 1980).

Ecology & Habitat

Diagnostic Characteristics

Spikes densely aggregated; pistillate scales distinctly shorter than the perigynia; perigynia ovate, winged to the base, gradually tapering to the erect or ascending beak, conspicuously distended over the achene, brown at maturity, less than 4 mm long and 2 mm wide, two fifths to half as wide as long.

Habitat

Sandy flats and depressions, shore lines, meadows, prairies, bogs, fens, cow pastures, and along streams and rivers.

Reproduction

Hybridizes with C. scoparia. n=34.

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Saskatchewan	S4	Yes
Prince Edward Island	S3	Yes
Labrador	SU	Yes
New Brunswick	S4	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Nova Scotia	S3	Yes
Alberta	S5	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S3	Yes
Manitoba	S5	Yes
Yukon Territory	S3	Yes
Ontario	S5	Yes
Northwest Territories	S3	Yes
Quebec	S5	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Washington	SNR	Yes
Pennsylvania	S2	Yes
Connecticut	SNR	Yes
Alaska	S1	Yes
Iowa	S4	Yes
Colorado	S3	Yes
Arizona	S1	Yes
North Dakota	SNR	Yes
Maine	SNR	Yes
Oregon	S4	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	S3	Yes
Utah	S1	Yes
West Virginia	S1	Yes
Indiana	S3	Yes
Ohio	S3	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Montana	S4	Yes
Vermont	S4	Yes
Illinois	S3	Yes
Nebraska	S2	Yes
New York	S5	Yes
Wisconsin	SNR	Yes
New Hampshire	S3	Yes
Massachusetts	SNR	Yes
Michigan	SNR	Yes
South Dakota	SNR	Yes
New Jersey	S2	Yes

Plant Characteristics

DurationPERENNIAL

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Montana (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
West Big Hole	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	133,563

References (13)

Bailey, L.H. 1885. Notes on Carex XI. Studies of the Types of Various Species of the Genus Carex. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club. 1:1-85.
Bright, J. 1925-1930. The Genus Carex in Pennsylvania. Trillia 9:1-33.
Britton, N. L. and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada. 3 vol. Dover Publications, Inc., N. Y. 2052 pp.
Fernald, M.L. 1950 Gray's Manual of Botany, 8th ed. American Book Company, New York. 1632 pp.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2002b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 23. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiv + 608 pp.
Gleason, H.A. 1952. The new Britton and Brown illustrated flora of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. 3 volumes. Hafner Press, New York. 1732 pp.
Gleason, H.A., and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York. 910 pp.
Hermann, F. J. 1941. The genus Carex in Michigan. American Midland Naturalist 25(1):1-72.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Mackenzie, K.K. 1931. Flora of North America. New York Botanical Gardens, New York, New York.
McCance, R.M., Jr., and J.F. Burns, eds. 1984. Ohio endangered and threatened vascular plants: Abstracts of state-listed taxa. Division Natural Areas and Preserves, Ohio Dept. Natural Resources, Columbus. 635 pp.
Porsild, A.E., and W.J. Cody. 1980. Vascular plants of continental Northwest Territories, Canada. National Museum Natural Sciences, National Museums Canada, Ottawa. 667 pp.
Voss, E.G. 1972. Michigan flora: A guide to the identification and occurrence of the native and naturalized seed-plants of the state. Part I. Gymnosperms and monocots. Cranbrook Institute of Science and Univ. Michigan Herbarium. Ann Arbor. 488 pp.