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SPECIES: Carex pensylvanica | Yellow Sedge 



ABBREVIATION : 
CARPEN

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   CAPE6


COMMON NAMES : 
   yellow sedge
   Pennsylvania sedge
   Penn sedge
   early sedge


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for yellow sedge is Carex
pensylvanica Lam. [16].

Based on morphological, cytological, ecological, and geographical
differentiation, Crinn and Ball [11] divided the Carex pensylvanica
complex into two eastern species, Carex lucorum Willdenow ex Link and
Carex pensylvanica Lamarck, and one western species with two subspecies,
Carex inops Bailey subsp. inops and Carex inops Bailey subsp.
heliophila (Mack).

Yellow sedge hybridizes with Carex communis Bailey and Carex umbellata
Sckuhr [16].


LIFE FORM : 
Graminoid

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 



COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Amy B. Cope, July 1992


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Cope, Amy B. 1992. Carex pensylvanica. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Carex pensylvanica | Yellow Sedge