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Quick facts for kids Carex fraseriana

Conservation status
Apparently Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex Mack. ex Britton & A.Br.
Species:	C. fraseriana
Binomial name
*Carex fraseriana* Ker Gawl.
Synonyms
Cymophyllus fraserianus (Ker Gawl.) Kartesz & Gandhi Carex fraseri Andrews Carex lagopus Muhl. Olamblis fraseri (Andrews) Raf. Cymophyllus fraseri (Andrews) Mack. in Britton & A.Br.

Carex fraseriana is a perennial of the sedge family with the common name Fraser's sedge. It was the only species of the genus Cymophyllus before it was re-transferred to Carex.

Carex fraseriana is native to the Great Smoky Mountains and southern Appalachian region of the southeastern United States. It is endangered in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland and Georgia.

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