Carex atlantica

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Cariceae
Genus: Carex
Species: Carex atlantica
Subspecies: C. a. subsp. atlantica – C. a. subsp. capillacea

Name

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Carex atlantica L.H.Bailey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20: 425 (1893).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Eastern Canada
      • Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec.
    • Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
      • Illinois, Missouri.
    • Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
    • Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
      • Texas.
    • Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Dominican Republic.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: prickly bog sedge, Atlantic sedge, Atlantic star sedge, Prickly bog sedge
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