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Carex filifolia

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Threadleaf Sedge

G5Secure Found in 32 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.785565
Element CodePMCYP03LE0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassMonocotyledoneae
OrderCyperales
FamilyCyperaceae
GenusCarex
Other Common Names
Carex filifolié (FR) Thread-leaved Sedge (EN)
Concept Reference
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.
Taxonomic Comments
This record is for Carex filifolia in the broad sense, following the Flora North America (2002b, vol. 23) treatment, which subsumes C. exserta into C. filifolia calling it C. filifolia var. erostrata.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-06-16
Change Date2005-07-25
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
British ColumbiaSNRYes
AlbertaSNRYes
Northwest TerritoriesS3Yes
SaskatchewanSNRYes
Yukon TerritoryS4Yes
ManitobaS3Yes
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
WashingtonSNRYes
NebraskaSNRYes
ColoradoS3Yes
MinnesotaSNRYes
KansasSNRYes
OregonSNRYes
WyomingS5Yes
CaliforniaSNRYes
AlaskaSNRYes
ArizonaSNRYes
MontanaSNRYes
IdahoSNRYes
NevadaSNRYes
New MexicoSNRYes
UtahSNRYes
North DakotaSNRYes
South DakotaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (32)
California (26)
AreaForestAcres
Coyote NorthInyo National Forest11,932
Coyote SoutheastInyo National Forest53,159
DardanellesEldorado National Forest8,110
Grouse LakesTahoe National Forest19,085
Hall Natural AreaInyo National Forest5,236
Hoover - NorthHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest1,574
Hoover - Virginia LksHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest5,050
Horse Mdw.Inyo National Forest5,687
Iceberg - Mill CreekHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest26,988
Log Cabin SaddlebagInyo National Forest15,165
Long MeadowHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest11,967
Mt. JacksonHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest20,721
Mt. OlsenInyo National Forest2,161
NessieInyo National Forest830
NightStanislaus National Forest3,173
North LakeInyo National Forest2,406
Raymond PeakStanislaus National Forest3,646
Rock Creek WestInyo National Forest3,626
SherwinInyo National Forest3,140
ShuteyeSierra National Forest7,313
Sweetwater (CA)Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest19,241
Table Mtn.Inyo National Forest4,215
Tioga LakeInyo National Forest829
Tragedy - Elephants BackEldorado National Forest20,866
Wheeler RidgeInyo National Forest15,744
Wonoga Pk.Inyo National Forest11,272
North Dakota (2)
AreaForestAcres
Long X DivideDakota Prairie Grasslands10,099
MagpieDakota Prairie Grasslands21,281
Oregon (1)
AreaForestAcres
Little SheepWallowa-Whitman National Forest5,238
Wyoming (3)
AreaForestAcres
Gros Ventre MountainsBridger-Teton National Forest106,418
Spread Creek - Gros Ventre RiverBridger-Teton National Forest166,097
Walker PrairieBighorn National Forest62,434
References (3)
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.