Short's Sedge
Carex shortiana
SEEDHEAD

SEEDHEAD

Division Magnoliophyta Family Cyperaceae
Bloom Color   Bloom Period May - June
Sunlight Exposure Partial Shade Soil Moisture Moist
Plant Height   Plant Spread  
       
Native Seed Mixes WP2, WP3, WP4, WP7, WP8, WS1, MS1
 
Wetland Indicator Region Indicator Status State Coefficient of Conservatism
Region 1 FAC IN 3
Region 3 FACW+ MI NL
    MN NL
    OH 2
       
     
Description:
 
Companion Plantings:
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.
 
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.
 
An asterisk (*) indicates the plant is considered to be INTRODUCED and not a native plant of that particular state.
 
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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