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BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary


Carex praeceptorum
teacher's sedge


 
Scientific Name: Carex praeceptorum Mackenzie
English Name: teacher's sedge
 
Classification / Taxonomy
Scientific Name - Concept Reference: Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Classification Level: Species
Species Group: Vascular Plant
Species Code: CAREPRC
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
Plantae Anthophyta Monocotyledoneae Cyperales Cyperaceae
   
Conservation Status / Legal Designation
Global Status: G4G5 (Jun 1993)
Provincial Status: S3S4 (Apr 2019)
BC List: Yellow
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SARA Schedule:
General Status Canada: 2 - May be at risk (2010)
   
Ecology & Life History
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Habitats:
(Type / Subtype / Dependence)
Alpine/Tundra / Krummholtz / Facultative - occasional use
Alpine/Tundra / Tundra / Facultative - frequent use
Grassland/Shrub / Meadow / Facultative - frequent use
Wetland / Fen / Facultative - occasional use
Global Habitat Comments: Wet and boggy meadows, margins of lakes, ponds, seeps, and springs at 3050-3115 m. Moist meadows at middle altitudes, wet soil around boggy places, 8000-115000 feet.
Provincial Habitat Comments: Subalpine mesotrophic fen (Canadian Museum of Nature, 1961).
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Provincial Inventory
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Distribution
Endemic: N
Global Range Comment: UT (Beaver, Duchesne, Piute, Salt Lake, Summit, Uintah, and Wasatch counties). WA to WY, south to NV and CO. BC, WA, OR, NV, ID, WY, MT.
Disjunct, more common elsewhere: N
Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere: N
 
Authors / Contributors
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Last Updated:
Provincial Information Author: Donovan, M.
Last Updated: Jan 30, 2007
Last Literature Search:
   
References and Related Literature
Canadian Museum of Nature. P.O. Box 3443, Stn. "D", Ottawa. K1P 6P4.
 

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Suggested Citation:

B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Carex praeceptorum. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 8, 2026).