Recorded County Distribution: USDA data
CT, DC, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV, ID |
Threatened | MD, TN |
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain | OBL |
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont | OBL |
Great Plains | OBL |
Midwest | OBL |
Northcentral and Northeast | OBL |
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast | OBL |
Code |
Status |
Designation |
Comment |
OBL |
Obligate Wetland |
Hydrophyte |
Almost always occur in wetlands |
FACW |
Facultative Wetland |
Hydrophyte |
Usually occur in wetlands, but may occur in non-wetlands |
FAC |
Facultative |
Hydrophyte |
Occur in wetlands and non-wetlands |
FACU |
Facultative Upland |
Nonhydrophyte |
Usually occur in non-wetlands, but may occur in wetlands |
UPL |
Obligate Upland |
Nonhydrophyte |
Almost never occur in wetlands |
Kingdom | Plantae | Plants |
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants |
Superdivision | Spermatophyta | Seed plants |
Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants |
Class | Liliopsida | Monocotyledons |
Subclass | Commelinidae | |
Order | Cyperales | |
Family | Cyperaceae | Sedge family |
Genus | Carex | sedge |
Species | Carex lacustris | hairy sedge |
lakebank sedge, lake sedge
Carex riparia var. lacustris
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