Carex hitchcockiana Dewey is a plant in the Cyperaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Carex hitchcockiana Dewey

Carex hitchcockiana Dewey

Hitchcock's sedge (Carex hitchcockiana) is a North American native sedge with protected conservation statuses in several U.S. states.

Family
Genus
Carex
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Carex hitchcockiana Dewey

Carex hitchcockiana Dewey, commonly known as Hitchcock's sedge, is a species of sedge (genus Carex) native to North America. Across several U.S. states, it holds official conservation statuses: it is listed as endangered in Maryland, classified as threatened in New York and Tennessee, and designated a species of special concern in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Photo: (c) Pat Deacon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Pat Deacon · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Cyperaceae Carex

More from Cyperaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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