Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex scirpoidea Michx.

First published in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 171 (1803)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Norway (Solvagtind), Siberia, Russian Far East, Subarctic America to W. & N. U.S.A. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Greenland, Idaho, Kamchatka, Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Saskatchewan, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming, Yakutiya, Yukon

Extinct in:

Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Koopman, J. (2011). Carex Europaea. The Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe 1: 1-726. Margraf publishers,Weikersheim, Germany.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 4, 1901 Hart, H.C. [146A] Greenland K000960427 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 4, 1901 Schlyter, C.J. [s.n.] Norway K000960426 Unknown Type Material Yes
{Drummond} [3] United States K002617848 Yes
[Ruild] [175] Canada K001733970 Yes
Chapman, F.S. [259] Greenland K002617761 Yes
Sartwell, H.P. [s.n.] United States K002617839 Yes
Macoun, J. [53898] Canada K002617793 Yes
Abbe, E.C. [3180] Canada K002617832 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [4] Greenland K002617766 Yes
Andersen, J.P. [9019] United States K002617752 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002617851 Yes
Churchill, J.R. [s.n.] Canada K002617824 Yes
[Puggan] [s.n.] Greenland K002617777 Yes
Kharkevich, S.; Buch, T. [s.n.] Russia K002217713 Yes
Sørensen, T. [3120] Greenland K002617782 Yes
Taylor, J. [s.n.] Canada K001733969 Yes
Rich [3/2208] United States K002617859 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Wiegand, K.M.; Bartram, E.B. [4904] Canada K002617836 Yes
Macoun, J. [25,559] Canada K002617823 Yes
Blake, J. [s.n.] United States K002617862 Yes
Lyall, D. [s.n.] United States K002617853 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] United States K001733972 Yes
{Drejer} [s.n.] Greenland K002617775 Yes
Gray [s.n.] United States K002617843 Yes
{Bourgeau} [s.n.] United States K002617854 Yes
Calder, J.A.; Savile, D.B.O. [11204] Canada K002617806 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Smiley, F.J. [11607] United States K002617864 Yes
Rouleau, J.A.E. [1003] Canada K002617796 Yes
Scoggan, H.J. [6267] Canada K002617804 Yes
Sartwell, H.P.; Tuckerman [s.n.] United States K001733973 Yes
Moir, T.R.G. [425] Canada K002617802 Yes
Chapman, F.S. [419A] Greenland K002617764 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Collins, J.F. [s.n.] Canada K002617801 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002617838 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Canada K002617828 Yes
Chapman, F.S. [370] Greenland K002617763 Yes
{Dewey} [s.n.] United States K002617846 Yes
Pedersen, M. [2513] Greenland K002617780 Yes
{Drummond} [s.n.] Canada K002617831 Yes
Blake, J. [s.n.] United States K002617863 Yes
Loczawa, B. [s.n.] K002217710 Yes
Wolf, J. [1002] United States K002617857 Yes
Wright, C. [s.n.] Russia K002217709 Yes
Tuckerman, E.; Booth, J. [76] United States K002617855 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [3912] United States K002617748 Yes
Marie-Victorin, J.L.C.; Rolland-Germain, L. (Fr.) [27510] Canada K002617785 Yes
Sylow [s.n.] Greenland K002617779 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002217712 Yes
Moir, T.R.G. [405a] Canada K002617817 Yes
Rouleau, J.A.E. [813] Canada K002617795 Yes
Tuckerman [s.n.] United States K002617845 Yes
Savile, D.B.O. [562] Canada K002617807 Yes
Sørensen, T. [3116] Greenland K002617783 Yes
Richardson [s.n.] United States K002617847 Yes
Malte, M.O. [126889] Canada K002617792 Yes
Marie-Victorin, F.; Rolland-Germain, F.; Rouleau, J.A.E.; Raymond, M.; Kucyniak, J. [520] Canada K002617805 Yes
Booth, J. [s.n.] Canada K002617827 Yes
Macoun, J. [28] Canada K002617818 Yes
Seward, A.C.; Holttum, R.E. [s.n.] Greenland K002617769 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [G9] Greenland K002617768 Yes
[Eug. Warming]; [Th. Holm] [s.n.] Greenland K002617778 Yes
Macoun, J.M. [s.n.] Canada K002617819 Yes
Richardson, J.; Rae, J. [s.n.] Canada K002617788 Yes
Richardson [s.n.] Canada K002617829 Yes
Went, F.W. [s.n.] United States K002617747 Yes
Moir, T.R.G. [297] Canada K002617803 Yes
Calder, J.A.; Taylor, R.L. [36292] Canada K002617833 Yes
Lyall, D. [s.n.] United States K002617856 Yes
Rouleau, J.A.E. [3521] Canada K002617799 Yes
Rouleau, J.A.E. [2072] Canada K002617798 Yes
Macoun, J. [s.n.] Canada K002617820 Yes
Rossmore (Lord) [21] Greenland K002617756 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Griscom, L.; Mackenzie, K.K.; Pease, A.S.; Smith, L.B. [25509] Canada K002617787 Yes
Chapman, F.S. [8] Greenland K002617762 Yes
{Hornemann} [s.n.] United States K002617771 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002617852 Yes
Chapman, F.S. [87A] Greenland K002617765 Yes
Dyring, J.P.M. [s.n.] Norway K000960425 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond; [R.W.C.] [88] United States K002617858 Yes
Boott, F.; Tukerman [1] United States K002617861 Yes
Macoun, J. [45] Canada K001733971 Yes
Calder, J.A. [6388] United States K002617753 Yes
Brown [s.n.] Canada K001733967 Yes
Sørensen, T. [3121] Greenland K002617781 Yes
Macoun, J. [64053] Canada K002617791 Yes
{Oakes} [s.n.] United States K002617841 Yes
Chapman, F.S. [137] Greenland K002617757 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [195] Greenland K002617767 Yes
Loczava, B. [s.n.] K002217706 Yes
[J. Palmhsson] [233] United States K002617750 Yes
[Aug. Borlau] [s.n.] Greenland K002617774 Yes
s.coll. [3] Greenland K002617755 Yes
{Anderson} [s.n.] Greenland K002617773 Yes
s.coll. [1] Canada K002617825 Yes
Macoun, M.A. [1725] Canada K002617794 Yes
Macoun, J.M. [s.n.] Canada K002617822 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002617840 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Long, B.H.; Dunbar, B.H. [26412] Canada K002617835 Yes
Richardson, J. [s.n.] Canada K002617830 Yes
Chapman, F.S. [282A] Greenland K002617760 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [1126] United States K002617850 Yes
Vaage, J. [s.n.] Greenland K002617784 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002617842 Yes
Calder, J.A.; Savile, D.B.O.; Taylor, R.L. [22870] Canada K002617834 Yes
Boott, F. [s.n.] United States K002617844 Yes
Chapman, F.S. [131] Greenland K002617758 Yes
[H. Zoofech] [s.n.] Canada K002617790 Yes
Hogg, M.C.D.; Abbe, E.C. [132] Canada K002617816 Yes
Hooker [s.n.] Greenland K002617770 Yes
Gillett, J.M. [2392] Canada K002617786 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Wiegand, K.M.; Bartram, E.B.; Darlington, H.T. [4902] Canada K002617837 Yes
s.coll. [689] United States K002617776 Yes
Booth, J.; Vahl [1] Greenland K002617754 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002617772 Yes
Jordal, L.H. [1839] United States K002617749 Yes
Gray [610] Canada K002617826 Yes
Wright, C. [38] Russia K002217707 Yes
Rouleau, J.A.E. [1020] Canada K002617797 Yes
Macoun, J. [5] United States K001733974 Yes
{Pullen} [181] Canada K002617789 Yes
Bourgeau, E.; F.B. [s.n.] Canada K002617821 Yes
Hector, J. [s.n.] Canada K001733968 Yes
Spetzman, L.A. [828] United States K002617751 Yes
Pease, A.S. [12530] United States K002617860 Yes
Rouleau, J.A.E. [3310] Canada K002617800 Yes
Chapman, F.S. [115] Greenland K002617759 Yes
Derviz-Sokolova, T. [s.n.] Russia K002217711 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0