Carex allegheniensis Mackenzie. Section: [26ff] Section 23c Hymenochlaenae. Common name: Allegheny Sedge. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Swamps, bogs, streamhead pocosins, other moist to wet habitats, boggy pools in floodplains. Distribution: Primarily from PA south to n. GA, mostly in the Appalachian Mountains; scattered reports more broadly need additional evaluation.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = S, Tn, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = Carex debilis Michx. var. pubera A.Gray — C, G, RAB; = n/a — Il; < Carex debilis Michx. — GW1, Tat, W; > Carex debilis Michx. var. intercursa Fernald — F, NS; > Carex debilis Michx. var. pubera A.Gray — F, NS; < Carex debilis Michx. var. rudgei L.H.Bailey — FNA23, K4, Mi, NY, Pa, POWO. Basionym: Carex allegheniensis Mack. 1935 "Urbasionym:" Carex debilis Michx. var. puber A.Gray 1867
Links to other floras: < Carex debilis var. rudgei - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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