Carex fraseriana Ker Gawl. belongs to the Cyperaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Specific Epithet
fraseriana
Authorship
Ker Gawl.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#117,457 of 335,497
Top 36%
Extinction probability
12%
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Location
United States, North Carolina, Clay
35.084167, -83.616667
Location Remarks
West of the city of Franklin and E of the town of Shooting Creek; 2.25 km (1.4 miles) N of U.S. route 64 on Buck Creek Road; W side of Buck Creek. 943 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki