Carex fraseriana explained

Carex fraseriana is a perennial member of the sedge family with the common name Fraser's sedge. It was the only species of the genus Cymophyllus before it was re-transferred to Carex.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Carex fraseriana is native to the Great Smoky Mountains and southern Appalachian region of the southeastern United States.^[4] It is endangered in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland and Georgia.^[5]

External links

• USDA Plants profile for Cymophyllus fraseriana

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357638 Flora of North America, Vol. 23 Page 573, Cymophyllus fraserianus (Ker Gawler) Kartesz & Gandhi, Rhodora. 93: 138. 1991.
2. Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, Duhl, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians, Lone Pine Publishing, (2005) p 398,,
3. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/boj.12298/abstract Global Carex Group 2015 Making Carex monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription
4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=235509 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.