Carex tenera Dewey

Carex tenera Dewey is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2002a.

Hybrid parent of

Carex foenea × Carex tenera var. tenera.

Vernacular names

• carex tendre FNA Ed. Comm., 2002a
• carex faible Marie-Victorin, 1995

• tender sedge Klinkenberg, 2010+
• broad-fruited sedge Kershaw et al., 2001
• marsh straw sedge UWSP
• narrow-leaved oval sedge UWSP
• quill sedge Harms, 2006
• slender sedge Newmaster et al., 1998
• straw sedge Harms, 2006

Synonyms

• Carex festucacea var. tenera (Dewey) J. Carey Rothrock et al., 2009
• Carex mirabilis var. tenera (Dewey) Provancher Rothrock et al., 2009
• Carex straminea var. intermedia Gay Rothrock et al., 2009
• Carex straminea var. tenera (Dewey) L.H. Bailey WCSP
• Carex tenera Dewey var. tenera TROPICOS
• Carex tenera var. major Olney WCSP

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Lilianae
Order	Poales
Family	Cyperaceae
Subfamily	Cyperoideae
Tribe	Cariceae
Genus	Carex
Section	Carex sect. Ovales
Species	Carex tenera

Habit

Herb