Carex gravida (Heavy Sedge)

Family

CYPERACEAE

Common Name

Heavy Sedge

Agency Status
USFWS	State of NM	USFS	BLM	Navajo Nation	State Rank	Global Rank	R-E-D Code	NMRPTC Status	Strategy Status
					S4?	G5		D

Distribution

This species ranges from central Canada to Minn then south to NM and TX. Flora of the Great Plains (1986) attribute both var. gravida and var. lunelliana to NM. Both vars. have wide distributions.

Important Literature

Cronquist et al. 1977. Intermountain Flora, Vol. 6 - Monocots. Columbia Univ. Press.

Fritts, Miriam (Pers. Comm. 1998). Carex expert on Colorado and Arizona species. Lives in Tucson (520) 887-7291.

Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. Univ. Press of Kansas, Lawrence.

Hermann, F.J. 1970. Carices of the Rocky Mountains and Colorado Basin. USFS Ag. Handbook No. 374.

Information Compiled By

Robert Sivinski 1998

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