Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species - Rawlings ...
Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species - Rawlings ...
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Scientific Name Common Name Status Rank<br />
Province: Habitat (Counties <strong>of</strong> occurrence) N.C. U.S. N.C. Global<br />
Carex lupuliformis Hop-like Sedge SR-P - S1 G4<br />
CP: moist bottomlands, especially<br />
in calcareous or mafic areas<br />
(Brunswick, Craven*, Fo rsyth*,<br />
Jones)<br />
Carex lutea Golden Sedge E E S2 G2<br />
C: savanna-swamp forest<br />
ecotones, over coquina limestone<br />
(Onslow, Pender)<br />
Carex meadii Mead's Sedge SR-P - S1 G4G5<br />
P: low wet places over diabase<br />
(Durham*, Granville)<br />
Carex misera Wretched Sedge SR-L - S3 G3<br />
M: high elevation rock outcrops<br />
(Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Clay,<br />
Haywood, Henderson, Jackson,<br />
Macon, Mitchell, Swain,<br />
Transylvania, Watauga, Yancey)<br />
Carex oligocarpa Rich-woods Sedge SR-P - S2? G4<br />
CM: rich woods, mostly over<br />
calcareous or mafic rocks<br />
(Carteret, McDowell)<br />
Carex oligosperma Few-seeded Sedge E - S1 G5?<br />
M: seeps and bogs (Avery,<br />
Mitchell, Watauga)<br />
Carex pedunculata Longstalk Sedge SR-P - S2 G5<br />
M: rich cove forests (Henderson,<br />
Polk, Transylvania)<br />
Carex physorhyncha Bellow's-beak Sedge SR-P - S2 G5T5<br />
CP: dry woods, perhaps associated<br />
wiht calcareous or mafic rock<br />
Carex projecta Necklace Sedge SR-P - S1 G5<br />
CMP: bogs, marshes, swamps,<br />
brownwater floodplain forests and<br />
open ings (Avery, Cherokee*,<br />
Cumberland*, Iredell*, Lee,<br />
Madison, Mecklenburg*, Mitchell,<br />
Swain*, Transylvania)<br />
Carex purpurifera Purple Sedge SR-P - S2 G4?<br />
M: low elevation, rich forests over<br />
limestone or marble (Cherokee,<br />
Graham, Macon)<br />
Carex radfordii Radford's Sedge E FSC S1 G2<br />
M: rich cove forests in the Blue<br />
Ridge escarpment region<br />
(Jackson)<br />
Carex reniformis Kidney Sedge SR-P - SH G4?<br />
CP: swamps, open wet areas<br />
(Joh nsto n*, Wake*)<br />
Carex roanensis Roan Sedge SR-T - S2 G2<br />
M: forests (Ashe, Avery,<br />
Buncombe, McDowell, Mitchell,<br />
Yancey)<br />
Carex schweinitzii Schweinitz's Sedge E FSC SNA G3G4<br />
The alleged occurrences <strong>of</strong> C.<br />
schweinitzii in w. NC are based on<br />
misidentification <strong>of</strong> C. utriculata.<br />
Carex socialis Social Sedge SR-P - S1 G4<br />
C: streambeds and riverbanks<br />
(Columbus, Cumberland, Pender)<br />
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