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Carex stricta
BENT SEDGE
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Carex stricta Lam.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		BENT SEDGE
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Poales, Family Cyperaceae, Genus Carex, Species Carex stricta


Management Tags:
Management Priority


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		DC: SNR; MD: SNR; VA: S5; WV: S4
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Appalachian National Scenic Trail	Blue Ridge Parkway
Buffalo National River	Catoctin Mountain Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	First State National Historical Park
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Hot Springs National Park	Indiana Dunes National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument	Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Mammoth Cave National Park	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	Minute Man National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Petersburg National Battlefield	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Pipestone National Monument	Piscataway Park
Prince William Forest Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Saratoga National Historical Park
Shenandoah National Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Voyageurs National Park	Weir Farm National Historical Park


Last Modified Date:	7/13/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/8/2025 2:36:26 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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