Carex atrosquama Mackenzie

Carex atrosquama Mackenzie is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2002a.

Hybrid parent of

Carex atrosquama × Carex media.

Vernacular names

• carex à écailles noires Favreau
• laîche à écailles noires Porsild, 1974

• lesser black-scale sedge Tande & Lipkin, 2003
• black-scale sedge Canadian Forest Service, 2007
• blackened sedge NatureServe
• dark-scale sedge Hurd, Shaw, Mastroguiseppe, Smithman, & Goodrich

Synonyms

• Carex apoda Clokey FNA Ed. Comm., 2002a
• Carex atrata subsp. atrosquama (Mackenzie) Hultén FNA Ed. Comm., 2002a
• Carex atrata var. atrosquama (Mackenzie) Cronquist FNA Ed. Comm., 2002a

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. Racemosae
Species	Carex atrosquama

Habit

Herb