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Cyperaceae
Carex

not marked as a favorite taxon Carex frankii Kunth. Common name: Frank’s Sedge, Cattail Sedge. Phenology: May-Jul (-Sep). Habitat: Bottomland forests, other wet to moist forests and disturbed areas. Distribution: W. NY and s. ON west to MI and se. NE, south to GA, AR, and OK.

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Section: [26uu] Section 34 Squarrosae.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, FNA23, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, NS, NY, POWO, Tn, Va; < Carex frankii Kunth — C, F, G, GW1, Mo1, NcTx, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, W, Mackenzie (1931-1935). Basionym: Carex frankii Kunth 1837

Links to other floras: = Carex frankii - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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image #1 of Carex frankii© Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas Goldman source CC-BY-SA | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Carex frankii© Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas Goldman source CC-BY-SA | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Carex frankii© Zihao Wang, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Zihao Wang source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Carex frankii© Zihao Wang, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Zihao Wang source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Carex frankii© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Carex frankii© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Carex frankii© Zihao Wang, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Zihao Wang source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Carex frankii© Zihao Wang, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Zihao Wang source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Carex frankii© Zihao Wang, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Zihao Wang source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Carex frankii© abelkinser, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Carex frankii© abelkinser, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Carex frankii© Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas Goldman source CC-BY-SA | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Carex frankii© abelkinser, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Carex frankii© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #15 of Carex frankii© Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas Goldman source CC-BY-SA | Original Image ⭷
image #16 of Carex frankii© Joey Shaw source | Original Image ⭷
image #17 of Carex frankii© Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Douglas Goldman source CC-BY-SA | Original Image ⭷
image #18 of Carex frankii© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #19 of Carex frankii© Zihao Wang, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Zihao Wang source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #20 of Carex frankii© Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Judy Gallagher source CC-BY-SA | Original Image ⭷
image #21 of Carex frankii© Zihao Wang, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Zihao Wang source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #23 of Carex frankii© Jeff Clark, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jeff Clark source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #24 of Carex frankii© Radford, Ahles and Bell | Original Image ⭷

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