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Carex brunnea Thunb.
greater brown sedge
Symbol: CABR19
Group: Monocot
Family: Cyperaceae
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
U.S. Nativity: Introduced
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State Distributional Map for CABR19
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Plant Distribution by State

Carex brunnea Thunb.

CABR19

Massachusetts

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Related Taxa:
Carex brunnea Thunb.

View 35 genera in Cyperaceae, 490 species in Carex

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Classification:
Carex brunnea Thunb.

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    Kingdom Plantae – Plants
       Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
          Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
             Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
                Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
                   Subclass Commelinidae –
                      Order Cyperales –
                         Family Cyperaceae – Sedge family
                            Genus Carex L. – sedge
                               Species Carex brunnea Thunb. – greater brown sedge

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Introduced Information:
Carex brunnea Thunb.
This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Carex brunnea Thunb.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39533.

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