Native to 69 botanical countries across Europe, Temperate Asia, and Northern America; introduced into South Georgia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, Idaho, Valley
44.158, -116.118361
Location Remarks
Highway 55 c. 10 km north of the bridge at Banks. Mixed conifer forest along the N. Fork Payette River.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Specific Epithet
aquatilis
Authorship
Wahlenb.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#303,761 of 335,497
Top 91%
Extinction probability
6%