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Carex woodii

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Pretty Sedge

G4Apparently Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.145110

Element CodePMCYP03EV0

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 de Wood (FR) pretty 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.

Conservation Status

Review Date1998-06-19

Change Date1998-06-19

Threat Impact Comments

Highly threatened by forest management practices, (this species occurs in high productivity sites having high timber value) and to a lesser extent by land-use conversion and habitat fragmentation (Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project 2002).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Manitoba	SU	Yes
Ontario	S4	Yes

United StatesN4

Province	Rank	Native
District of Columbia	SX	Yes
New Jersey	S1	Yes
Minnesota	S3	Yes
Ohio	SNR	Yes
West Virginia	S3	Yes
South Carolina	S1	Yes
Illinois	S1	Yes
Indiana	S4	Yes
Michigan	SNR	Yes
Wisconsin	SNR	Yes
Missouri	S1	Yes
Kentucky	S3	Yes
Georgia	S1	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
New York	S4	Yes
New Hampshire	SX	Yes
Iowa	S3	Yes
Virginia	S4	Yes
Tennessee	S1	Yes
North Carolina	S3	Yes
Maryland	S4	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

North Carolina (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Little Indian (addition)	Nantahala National Forest	640

References (4)

Dodds, J.S. 2024. <i>Carex woodii</i> Rare Plant Profile. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, State Parks, Forests & Historic Sites, Forests & Natural Lands, Office of Natural Lands Management, New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, Trenton, NJ. 16 pp. [https://www.nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/natural/heritage/docs/carex-woodii-woods-sedge.pdf]
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.
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.
Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project. 2002. A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service-Region 8, Natural Heritage Programs in the Southeast, NatureServe, and independent scientists to develop and review data on 1300+ regionally and locally rare species in the Southern Appalachian and Alabama region. Database (Access 97) provided to the U.S. Forest Service by NatureServe, Durham, North Carolina.