Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 15845 
Family Cyperaceae 
Species Carex illota L.H. Bailey
Collector Information Oliver Hansen  (128)  18 September 2010 , with Beth Hansen
Voucher Senior Thesis Voucher for Henry's Fork and Vicinity Checklist, Block 19, northern Utah and southern Wyoming. 
Geography United States,  Utah, Duchesne County
Lat./Long. 40°  47' 10.32" N, 110°  22 ' 27.9" W at 12437 feet (3791 m)
Locality Uinta Mountains, Anderson Pass, on the Painter’s Basin side of the pass at the bottom of switchbacks; 
Ecology alpine tundra covered talus basin. 

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Carex illota Bailey

Common Name(s): sheep sedge, smallhead sedge.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=39648, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Liliopsida
                        Subclass: Commelinidae
                            Order: Cyperales
                                Family: Cyperaceae
                                    Genus: Carex
                                        Species: Carex illota
                                                                                            

Images

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 07335s2.jpg 
07335
specimen image: 07978s2.jpg 
07978

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
14072 Aster foliaceus  var. apricus   "alpine leafybract aster" 2 mi. N
15840 Bryophyte      same section
15842 Deschampsia cespitosa     same section
14073 Erigeron goodrichii      "Uinta Mountains fleabane" 2 mi. N
14070 Erigeron tener      "slender fleabane" same section
15847 Festuca ovina  var. brevifolia  925 ft. SE
14069 Gentiana algida      "whitish gentian" 2229 ft. W
15843 Gentiana algida     same section
14071 Gentiana calycosa      "Rainier pleated gentian" 1.1 mi. W
14074 Gentianella amarella      "autumn dwarf gentian" 2.1 mi. N
15848 Oxyria digyna     925 ft. SE
15841 Oxyria digyna     same section
15844 Potentilla ovina  var. decurrens  same section
15851 Salix planifolia     same section
14068 Sedum rhodanthum     2061 ft. SW
15846 Trisetum spicatum     same section

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Anderson Pass (Gap) Duchesne County, UT 938 ft. SW 12681  Mount Powell 
Kings Peak (Summit) Duchesne County, UT 2794 ft. S 13026  Kings Peak 
Gunsight Pass (Gap) Duchesne County, UT 1.1 mi. NE 11854  Kings Peak 
South Kings Peak (Summit) Duchesne County, UT 1.4 mi. S 13193  Mount Powell 
Cliff Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 1.8 mi. W 11451  Mount Powell 
Lake Blanchard (Lake) Summit County, UT 2.1 mi. NW 11172  Mount Powell 
Henrys Fork Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 2.5 mi. N 10824  Mount Powell 
Kings Lake (Lake) Duchesne County, UT 2.5 mi. S 11454  Mount Powell 
Dollar Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 2.8 mi. N 10791  Mount Powell 
Grass Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 2.8 mi. N 10824  Mount Powell 
Irland Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 2.8 mi. NW 11395  Mount Powell 
Castle Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 2.8 mi. NW 11369  Mount Powell 
Trail Rider Pass (Gap) Duchesne County, UT 3 mi. SE 11585  Kings Peak 
Painter Basin (Basin) Duchesne County, UT 2.7 mi. E 11162  Kings Peak 
Gilbert Peak (Summit) Summit County, UT 3.1 mi. NE 13409  Kings Peak 
Mount Powell (Summit) Summit County, UT 2.7 mi. W 13035  Mount Powell 
Lake George Beard (Lake) Duchesne County, UT 3.1 mi. SE 11424  Kings Peak 
Gilbert Creek Basin (Basin) Duchesne County, UT 3.4 mi. NE 11457  Kings Peak 
Sawmill Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 4.3 mi. N 10663  Mount Powell 
Smiths Fork Pass (Gap) Summit County, UT 3.4 mi. W 11789  Mount Powell 

Links

Taxon Links for species Carex illota  L.H. Bailey

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Carex+illota

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