Biology:Lipocarpha micrantha

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Short description: Species of grass-like plant

Lipocarpha micrantha
Lipocarpha micrantha NRCS-1.jpg
Small plant in the foreground
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Lipocarpha
Species:
L. micrantha
Binomial name
Lipocarpha micrantha
(Vahl) G.C.Tucker
Synonyms
  • Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Pax
  • Scirpus micranthus Vahl

Lipocarpha micrantha, known as dwarf bulrush, small-flowered hemicarpha, small-flower halfchaff sedge, common hemicarpa and tiny-flowered sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family (Cyperaceae) native to North America.[1]

Conservation status

It is listed as endangered in Maryland, New Jersey, New York (state) and Pennsylvania.[1] It is listed as threatened in Connecticut,[2] Maine, Massachusetts , Ohio, and Rhode Island.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Plants Profile for Lipocarpha micrantha (smallflower halfchaff sedge)". https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LIMI12. 
  2. "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

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