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Buxbaum's Sedge (Carex buxbaumii)

  • Buxbaum's Sedge (Carex Buxbaumii) https://www.sagebud.com/buxbaums-sedge-carex-buxbaumii
    Credit: Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, & S. Goodrich. 1998. Field guide to Intermountain sedges. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMS-GTR-10. USDA FS RMRS, Ogden, UT. Courtesy of USDA FS RMRS Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab. | http://plants.usda.g... | License: PD USDA
  • Buxbaum's Sedge (Carex Buxbaumii) https://www.sagebud.com/buxbaums-sedge-carex-buxbaumii
    Credit: Hurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich. 1998 | http://plants.usda.g... | License: PD USDA NRCS
  • Buxbaum's Sedge (Carex Buxbaumii) https://www.sagebud.com/buxbaums-sedge-carex-buxbaumii
    Credit: Kenraiz | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 GFDL
  • Buxbaum's Sedge (Carex Buxbaumii) https://www.sagebud.com/buxbaums-sedge-carex-buxbaumii
    Credit: Johann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm) | Figure from Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen at http://www.biolib.de | License: PD Old
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Carex Buxbaumii, or more commonly know as Buxbaum's Sedge, is a graminoid of the genus Carex. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Carex Buxbaumii or Buxbaum's Sedge's floral region is North America US Lower 48 and Alaska, specifically in the states of Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

  • Category: Monocot
  • Genus: Carex
  • Family: Cyperaceae
  • Order: Cyperales
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Graminoid
  • Native Status: L48 (N) AK (N) CAN (N) GL (N) SPM (N)
  • State T/E Status: CT (E) KY (H) MD (T) NH (E) NY (T) PA (R) RI (SC) TN (SC) VT (E) WA (S)
  • State T/E Common Name: CT (brown bog sedge) KY (brown bog sedge) MD (Buxbaum's sedge) NH (Buxbaum's sedge) NY (brown bog sedge) PA (brown sedge) RI (Buxbaum's sedge) TN (brown bog sedge) VT (Buxbaum's sedge) WA (Buxbaum's sedge)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: FACW OBL
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(OBL) 2(OBL) 3(OBL) 4(OBL) 5(OBL) 6(OBL) 8(OBL) 9(OBL) 0(OBL) A(FACW)


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