Landscape architecture · land planning · wetland science & ecological services
Native seed nursery · installation · management
Native seed nursery · installation · management
Bicknell's Sedge
Carex bicknellii
Carex bicknellii
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Family | Cyperaceae | ||
| Bloom Color | Bloom Period | May - July | |||
| Sunlight Exposure | Full Sun | Soil Moisture | Dry - Moist | ||
| Plant Height | Plant Spread | ||||
| Native Seed Mixes | MP1, DP3, DP4 | ||||
| Wetland Indicator Region | Indicator Status | State | Coefficient of Conservatism | ||
| Region 1 | FACU | IN | 9 | ||
| Region 3 | FAC- | MI | 10 | ||
| MN | 6 | ||||
| OH | 9 | ||||
| Description: | |||||
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| WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS CATEGORIES | ||||||
| INDICATOR CODE | WETLAND STATUS | |||||
| OBL | Almost always occurs in wetlands (estimated probability > 99%) under natural conditions. | |||||
| FACW | Usually occurs in wetlands (estimated probability > 67-99%) under natural conditions. | |||||
| FAC | Equally likely to occur in wetlands (estimated probability 34-66%) and non-wetlands. | |||||
| FACU | Usually occur in non-wetlands (estimated probability 67-99%), but occasionally found in wetlands (estimated probability 1-33%). | |||||
| UPL | Occur almost always (estimated probability > 99%) in non-wetlands under natural conditions. | |||||
| NI | No indicator; insufficient information was available to determine an indicator status. | |||||
A positive sign (+) used in conjunction with an indicator code indicates the species is more likely to be found in wetlands than is indicated by the indicator code alone. A negative sign (-) used in conjunction with an indicator code indicates the species is less frequently found in wetlands than indicated by the indicator code alone. A question mark (?) used in conjunction with an indicator code indicates a tentative assignment of an indicator based on botanical literature only. An asterisk (*) used in conjunction with an indicator code indicates a tentative assignment based on limited information. Brackets [] used in conjunction with an indicator code indicates the species is not listed in the 1988 National List. |
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| COEFFICIENT OF CONSERVATISM | ||||||
Each native plant species has been given a Coefficient of Conservatism (C value) ranging from 0-10 that rate their floristic integrity and rate their priority for conservation. When these values are collected for all of the native species in a plant community in a Floristic Quality Assessment, the resultant values are used to provide a determine the conceptual category of integrity. A floristic quality assessment is commonly used to identify natural areas, facilitate comparisons among different plant communities, long-term monitoring of the quality of remanant natural areas, monitoring of habitat restoration. |
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An asterisk (*) indicates the plant is considered to be INTRODUCED and not a native plant of that particular state. |
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| Mean C values range from 0 (lowest quality) to 10 (highest quality). A plant community receiving a mean C value of 2 reflects a highly degraded plant community. A plant community receiving a mean C value of 5 reflects an area of high natural quality. |
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