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Carex myosuroides

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Pacific Kobresia

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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.128159
Element CodePMCYP0F010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassMonocotyledoneae
OrderCyperales
FamilyCyperaceae
GenusCarex
Synonyms
Kobresia bellardii(All.) K. KochKobresia myosuroides(Vill.) Fiori
Other Common Names
Bellardi bog sedge (EN) Bellardi Bog Sedge (EN) Bellard's kobresia (EN) Kobrésie fausse-queue-de-souris (FR) Pacific Bog Sedge (EN)
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.
Taxonomic Comments
Based on the Global Carex Group (2015), Kobresia is merged back into Carex.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-03-07
Change Date1989-05-02
Edition Date2000-09-28
Edition AuthorsMacBryde, B.
Rank Reasons
Kobresia myosuroides (synonym Kobresia bellardii) is a circumboreal species, which also occurs high on some mountains.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

This species is found on bare rocky, dry to wet ground, in grassland, heaths, and tundra, at elevations ranging from 0 to 3,500 meters (Ball, 2020).
Terrestrial Habitats
Grassland/herbaceousTundraBarrens
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
MontanaSNRYes
WashingtonSNRYes
AlaskaSNRYes
CaliforniaS2Yes
UtahS2Yes
IdahoS1Yes
WyomingS3Yes
OregonS1Yes
ColoradoS4Yes
New MexicoSNRYes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
ManitobaS1Yes
QuebecS5Yes
OntarioS2Yes
Northwest TerritoriesS4Yes
Yukon TerritoryS5Yes
AlbertaS4Yes
British ColumbiaS5Yes
LabradorSUYes
NunavutS4Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
Oregon (1)
AreaForestAcres
Little SheepWallowa-Whitman National Forest5,238
References (9)
  1. Ball, P.W. 2020. Flora of North America. <i>Kobresia myosuroides</i>. Accessed: September 19, 2022. http://floranorthamerica.org/Kobresia_myosuroides
  2. Cody, W.J. 1996. The flora of the Yukon Territory. National Research Council of Canada Research Press, Ottawa, Canada. 643 pp.
  3. Cronquist, A., A.H. Holmgren, N.H. Holmgren, J.L. Reveal, and P.K. Holmgren. 1977. Intermountain flora: vascular plants of the intermountain West, U.S.A. Vol. Six. Monocotyledons. Columbia Univ. Press, New York. 584 pp.
  4. 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.
  5. Global Carex Group. 2015. Making <i>Carex </i>monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 179: 1–42.
  6. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
  7. 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.
  8. Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
  9. Tolmachev, A.I., and J.G. Packer, eds. 1996. Flora of the Russian Arctic, Volume 2: Cyperaceae-Orchidaceae. Univ. Alberta Press, Edmonton. 233 pp.