Cyperaceae
Carex
Carex lasiocarpa

Carex lasiocarpa var. americana Fernald

First published in Rhodora 44: 304 (1942)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Subarctic America to N. & W. Central U.S.A., Mexico (Baja California). It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Packer, J.G. & Gould, J. (2007). Vascular Plants of alberta 1: 1-281. University of Calgary Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
MacDougal, D.T. [16] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560818 Yes
Fernald, M.L. [133] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560807 Yes
Baker, C.F. [234] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560799 Yes
[W. S. Sull] [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K001734437 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560810 Yes
{Oakes} [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560825 Yes
Pykälä, J.; Norris, D.H. [2474] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560813 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560855 Yes
Olney [2] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560849 Yes
Sandberg, J.H.; MacDougal, D.T.; Heller, A.A. [721] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560796 Yes
Sartwell, H.P. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560780 Yes
Baker, C.F. [835] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560769 Yes
Richl [237] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560797 Yes
Rydberg, P.A.; Bessey, E.A. [3741] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560781 Yes
Geyer, C.A. [416] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560853 Yes
Raymond, M. [s.n.] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560743 Yes
{Schweinitz} [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560772 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560778 Yes
Schuette, J.H. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560812 Yes
{Bourgeau} [s.n.] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560741 Yes
Richardson, J. (Sir) [s.n.] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560752 Yes
[RD] [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560824 Yes
Moir, T.R.G. [131] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560747 Yes
Baker, W.H. [8618] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560800 Yes
Scoggan, H.J. [10942] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560763 Yes
Torrey [1] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560845 Yes
Wright, C. [1954] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560782 Yes
Eastwood, A.; Howell, J.T. [3775] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560833 Yes
Wolfe, J. [1061] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560777 Yes
Lesquereux [3] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560850 Yes
Richl [232] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560805 Yes
Cusick, W.C. [2709] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560848 Yes
Churchill, J.R. [s.n.] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560734 Yes
Sartwell, H.P. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560794 Yes
Stevens, G.W. [333] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560816 Yes
Macbride, J.F.; Payson, E.B. [2939] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560817 Yes
Cusick, W.C. [2550] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560793 Yes
Leschke, H. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560823 Yes
Brewer, W.H. [1640] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560785 Yes
F. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560806 Yes
Geyer, C.A. [72] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560790 Yes
[Swamper] [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560826 No
Duran, V. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560857 Yes
Howell, J.T. [28359] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560801 Yes
Barratt, D.; Boott, F. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560830 Yes
s.coll. [4] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560842 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [s.n.] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560756 Yes
Munro, W. [185] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560748 Yes
Jawnserd, D. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560828 No
Nelson, A. [7963] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560779 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560770 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Gray, A. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560773 No
Schwein. [6] Carex lanuginosa K002560841 Yes
Howell, J.T. [23561] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560865 Yes
[Sartwell] [4] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560820 Yes
Heller, A.A. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560787 Yes
{Lyall} [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560791 Yes
Boott, F. [2] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560751 Yes
Macoun, J. [s.n.] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560736 Yes
[Mrs. Buisbaum] [496] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560808 Yes
Calder, J.A.; Parmelee, J.A.; Taylor, R.L. [18674] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560746 Yes
{Bourgeau} [s.n.] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560761 Yes
{Bourgeau} [2] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560831 No
Alexander, A.M.; Kellogg, L. [4438] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560863 Yes
Macoun, J. [s.n.] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560737 Yes
Barbour, W.C. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560847 Yes
{Bourgeau} [s.n.] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560755 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [1068] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560771 Yes
s.coll. [29367] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560749 Yes
Baldwin, W.K.W.; Breitung, A.J. [2821] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560762 Yes
Brewer, W.H. [1814] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560788 Yes
Lyall, D. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560829 Yes
Hay, G.U. [425] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560731 Yes
[Tuckermann] [2] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560840 Yes
Wetzstein, A. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560846 Yes
{Bourgeau} [3] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560765 Yes
Oakes [3] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560843 Yes
Sandberg, J.H.; MacDougal, D.T.; Heller, A.A. [449] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560795 Yes
Spencer, M.F. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560815 Yes
Sartwell, H.P. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560856 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560775 Yes
s.coll. [195] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560774 Yes
s.coll. [3] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560839 Yes
Eastwood, A.; Howell, J.T. [4352] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560852 Yes
Wolfe, J. [1062] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560776 Yes
Turner, G.H. [51] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560742 Yes
Marie-Victorin, J.L.C.; Rolland-Germain, L. (Fr.); Raymond, M. [4029] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560745 Yes
Scoggan, H.J. [5816] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560764 Yes
Hall, H.M. [11906] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560784 Yes
Parry, C.C.; Gray [2] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560832 Yes
{Bolander} [6212] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560783 Yes
Boshoff, A.F. [2] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560753 Yes
Hitchcock, C.L. [17611] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560864 Yes
Greene, B. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560821 Yes
Barratt, J. [1] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560844 Yes
Eastwood, A.; Howell, J.T. [3775] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560834 Yes
Hermann, F.J. [9476] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560836 Yes
Cusick, W.C. [2728] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560792 Yes
Calder, J.A.; Kukkonen, I.T.K. [26867] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560767 Yes
[Fb nead] [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K001734436 Yes
Barker, C.F.; Earle, F.S.; Tracy, S.M. [707] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560768 Yes
{Scouler} [125] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560758 Yes
{Bourgeau} [s.n.] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560766 Yes
s.coll. [29092] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560732 Yes
s.coll. [28298] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560866 Yes
{Bourgeau} [s.n.] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560738 Yes
s.coll. [18] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560811 Yes
Calder, J.A.; Savile, D.B.O. [9740] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560744 Yes
Deam, C.C. [59611A] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560861 Yes
Lyall (Dr) [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560837 Yes
McCalla, W.C. [2342] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560733 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560798 Yes
Brewer, W.H. [2815] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560786 Yes
s.coll. [1] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560754 Yes
Clokey, I.W. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560860 Yes
{Drummond} [382] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560757 Yes
Lyall (Dr) [s.n.] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560859 Yes
Thompson, J.W. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560835 Yes
Weatherby, C.A.; Smith, L.B.; Ogden, E.C.; Schubert, B.G. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560809 Yes
Macoun, M.A. [1678] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560735 Yes
Sullivant [2] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560838 Yes
Weatherby, C.A.; Smith, L.B.; Ogden, E.C.; Schubert, B.G. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560851 Yes
s.coll. [72] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560822 Yes
Geyer, C.A. [211] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560803 Yes
Geyer, C.A. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560802 Yes
Kuieskorn, P.D. [5] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560819 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560858 Yes
Palmer, E. [549] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560804 Yes
Fernlad, M.L.; Long, B.H. [12024] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560862 Yes
Vasey, G. [s.n.] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560827 Yes
Hoover, R.F. [4140] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560789 Yes
Torrey (Dr) [125] United States Carex lanuginosa K002560854 Yes
Richardson (Dr) [s.n.] Canada Carex lanuginosa K002560750 Yes

Sources

  • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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