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 |  |  |  |  |  |  Carex laxiculmis var. laxiculmis  |  Spreading Sedge  |  Great Smoky Mountains National Park  |  |   |   |   | Record Status: Approved  |  Occurrence:  | Present  |  Nativeness:  | Native  |  Abundance:  | Uncommon  |  |   |  Scientific Name with Authority:  | Carex laxiculmis var. laxiculmis Schwein.  |  Park Preferred Common Name(s):  |  |  Park Synonyms:  |  |  |   |   | Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Poales, Family Cyperaceae, Genus Carex, Species Carex laxiculmis  |  
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 |  |  |  |  |  Park Tags:  |  Elevation Range - Low  |  Life form - Perennial graminoid  |  Park Rank - Park scarce  |  Taxa Group - Vascular-plant  |  Taxa Subcategory - Monocot  |  Evidence Sensitivity - Not Sensitive  |  Bloom Time - April  |  Bloom Time - May  |  Bloom Time - June  |  
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 |  |  |  |  |  Threatened/Endangered Status:  |   |  State Species of Concern Status:  |   |  Ozone-sensitive Status:  |   |  NatureServe Global Rank:  | G5T5?  |  NatureServe State Rank:  | NC: S3; TN: SNR  |  Evidence:  | 0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 0 Data Store References, 0 External Links  |  
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 |  |  |  Other Parks Where Species is Listed:  |   |  Bluestone National Scenic River  | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park  |  Colonial National Historical Park  | Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area  |  Fort Necessity National Battlefield  | Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park  |  Gauley River National Recreation Area  | Guilford Courthouse National Military Park  |  Kings Mountain National Military Park  | Pea Ridge National Military Park  |  Petersburg National Battlefield  | Prince William Forest Park  |  Richmond National Battlefield Park  | Thomas Stone National Historic Site  |  Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River  |   |  
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 |  | NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database.  IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies.  Accessed 11/4/2025 9:32:45 AM  |  
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 | 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. This information is provided by NatureServe (www.natureserve.org) and its network of natural heritage member programs, a leading source of information about rare and endangered species, and threatened ecosystems.  |  
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