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Cyperaceae
Carex

not marked as a favorite taxon Carex pellita Muhlenberg. Common name: Woolly Sedge. Phenology: May-Aug. Habitat: Calcareous fens, wet meadows, depression swamps. Distribution: New Brunswick west to British Columbia, south to sc. North Carolina, w. Virginia, sc. North Carolina (Suther Prairie, Cabarrus County), sc. Tennessee (May Prairie, Coffee County), e. Tennessee, Arkansas, and California.

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Section: [26oo] Section 28 Paludosae.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: McClintock & Waterway (1994) discussed the distinctiveness of C. pellita and C. lasiocarpa, as well as the misapplication of the name C. lanuginosa to the species now properly called C. pellita.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, FNA23, Il, K1, K4, Mi, Mo1, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, Tn, Va; = Carex lanuginosa Michx. — F, GrPl, Tat, Mackenzie (1931-1935), misapplied; = Carex lasiocarpa Ehrhart var. latifolia (Boeckeler) Gilly; = n/a — RAB, S. Basionym: Carex pellita Muhlenberg 1805

Links to other floras: = Carex pellita - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image #1 of Carex pellita© Paul Marcum source | Original Image ⭷
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image #8 of Carex pellita© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
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