Carex crus-corvi

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyCyperaceae
Family (Traditional)Cyperaceae
GenusCarex
Species:Carex crus-corvi Shuttlew. ex Kunze
Common NameRavenfoot Sedge
Growth Habitgraminoid
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: LC; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Mudflat; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: graminoid; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Rank: 3-ranked; Leaf Type: grass-like; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Base Flower Color: Green; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Achene; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Perianth Present: No; Petal Fusion: N/A; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: 0; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 3; Tepal Fusion: N/A; Tepal Number: 0
C value 9
StatusNative; AGCP (OBL), EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Carex crus-corvi var. virginiana Carex crus-corvi var. virginiana
Carex halei Carex halei

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Ballard (KY), Caldwell (KY), Calloway (KY), Daviess (KY), Franklin (KY), Fulton (KY), Hardin (KY), Henderson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McLean (KY), Marshall (KY), Rowan (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Bedford (TN), Benton (TN), Davidson (TN), Dyer (TN), Gibson (TN), Hardin (TN), Haywood (TN), Henry (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Knox (TN), Lake (TN), Lauderdale (TN), Montgomery (TN), Obion (TN), Perry (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Tipton (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, MDKY, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1963 - 1992

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100052602 Dyer Tennessee 16 Jul 1979 Vernon M. Bates Jr.
1672
EKY
Carex crus-corvi
31234100052511 Franklin Kentucky 11 Jul 1984 Steven Rice
EKY
Carex crus-corvi
31234100052552 McLean Kentucky 03 Jul 1970 Jim Conrad Jr
1265
EKY
Carex crus-corvi
31234100052479 Ballard Kentucky 06 Jun 1969 Raymond Athey
648
EKY
Carex crus-corvi
31234100052537 Hardin Kentucky 06 Jun 1978 Ray Cranfill
905
EKY
Carex crus-corvi
31234100052545 McCracken Kentucky 28 Jun 1968 Raymond Athey
306
EKY
Carex crus-corvi
31234100052610 Gibson Tennessee 06 Jul 1979 Brian Boom
527
EKY
Carex crus-corvi
31234100052529 Fulton Kentucky 30 May 1990 Landon E. McKinney
4209
EKY
Carex crus-corvi
31234100052503 Caldwell Kentucky 28 May 1992 Landon E. McKinney
5070
EKY
Carex crus-corvi
BEREA003349 McLean Kentucky
BEREA
Carex crus-corvi
BEREA003348 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Carex crus-corvi
MDKY00002527 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0242426 Marshall Kentucky
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047521 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047522 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047511 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047528 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047518 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0242233 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047525 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047519 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047526 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047514 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0053348 Hardin Kentucky
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047530 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047508 Dyer Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0053347 Daviess Kentucky
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047510 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047529 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047513 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047527 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047524 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0240931 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047512 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047515 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047509 Dyer Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0242229 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047531 Tipton Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047516 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0063316 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047517 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047507 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047523 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
TENN-V-0047520 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037369 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0101509 Hardin Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037370 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037379 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0067240 Daviess Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037380 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037371 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0066681 Henderson Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0107239 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037390 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037367 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
MTSU003386 Shelby Tennessee 08 May 1987 Landon E. McKinney
MTSU
Carex crus-corvi
BRIT159204 Tennessee
VDB
Carex crus-corvi
BRIT159203 Tennessee
VDB
Carex crus-corvi
MEM007709 Shelby Tennessee 13 Jun 1972 John E. Thompson Jr.
954
MEM
Carex crus-corvi
MEM017339 Lauderdale Tennessee 04 Jun 1972 Patrick Keiran
402
MEM
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0059893 Warren Kentucky 17 May 1970
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0076181 Fulton Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037392 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037386 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037393 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037373 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037377 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
BRIT159205 Tennessee
VDB
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0100984 Marshall Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0067242 Henderson Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0102089 Ballard Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0059677 Obion Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0066679 Fulton Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0100985 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037375 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037387 Dyer Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
006398 Dyer Tennessee
BOON
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037381 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
BRIT159206 Tennessee
VDB
Carex crus-corvi
BRIT159616 Tennessee
VDB
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037374 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037383 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0086171 Fulton Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0066680 Henderson Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0067239 Marshall Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037372 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
BRIT159202 Tennessee
VDB
Carex crus-corvi
BRIT159617 Tennessee
VDB
Carex crus-corvi
BRIT159620 Tennessee
VDB
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037365 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037389 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037388 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037368 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0067241 Fulton Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037363 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
UCHT038592 Davidson Tennessee
UCHT
Carex crus-corvi
UCHT038591 Rutherford Tennessee
UCHT
Carex crus-corvi
BRIT159624 Tennessee
VDB
Carex crus-corvi
BRIT159622 Tennessee
VDB
Carex crus-corvi
BRIT159623 Tennessee
VDB
Carex crus-corvi
BRIT159621 Tennessee
VDB
Carex crus-corvi
BRIT159207 Tennessee
VDB
Carex crus-corvi
MEM005911 Fulton Kentucky 07 Jun 1972 Raymond Athey
1815
MEM
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037366 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037382 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037362 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037384 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037376 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
BRIT159625 Tennessee
VDB
Carex crus-corvi
APSC0037364 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Carex crus-corvi
BRIT159619 Tennessee
VDB
Carex crus-corvi
BRIT159618 Tennessee
VDB
Carex crus-corvi
MEM001733 Henderson Kentucky 31 Jul 1963 Joe Bruna
s.n.
MEM
Carex crus-corvi
MEM005154 McCracken Kentucky 15 Jun 1968 Raymond Athey
255
MEM
Carex crus-corvi
MEM006405 Marshall Kentucky 30 May 1972 Raymond Athey
1744
MEM
Carex crus-corvi
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Carex crus-corvi - Milo Pyne
Carex crus-corvi - Milo Pyne