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Carex paysonis

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Payson's Sedge

G4Apparently Secure (G4G5) Found in 4 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.144240

Element CodePMCYP03A80

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 Payson (FR) Payson's 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

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-08-25

Change Date2012-07-27

Edition Date1995-05-05

Edition AuthorsStoner, N. (1993), rev. L. Morse (1995)

Range Extent Comments

British Columbia and Alberta, south into the northerwestern U.S. in Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah (FNA vol. 23, 2002).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Meadows and alpine slopes.

Other Nations (2)

United StatesN4

Province	Rank	Native
Wyoming	S4	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Nevada	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Utah	S2	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Montana	S4	Yes

CanadaN2

Province	Rank	Native
Alberta	S2	Yes
British Columbia	SH	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (4)

Oregon (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Little Sheep	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	5,238
Twin Mountain	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	58,533

Wyoming (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Beartooth Proposed Wilderness	Shoshone National Forest	16,837
South Beartooth Highway	Shoshone National Forest	105,570

References (5)

Albee, B.J., L.M. Shultz, and S. Goodrich. 1988. Atlas of the vascular plants of Utah. Utah Museum Natural History Occasional Publication 7, Salt Lake City, Utah. 670 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.
Kartesz, J.T. 1988. A flora of Nevada. Ph.D. dissertation. Univ. of Nevada, Reno. 3 volumes. 1729 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.
Taylor, R.L., and B. MacBryde. 1977. Vascular plants of British Columbia: a descriptive resource inventory. Technical Bull. 4. The Botanical Garden. Univ. British Columbia. Univ. British Columbia Press, Vancouver. Canada. 754 pp.