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Cyperaceae
Carex

not marked as a favorite taxon Carex arctata W. Boott. Common name: Black Sedge, Drooping Woodland Sedge. Habitat: Northern hardwood and spruce forests, bog edges, moist forests northwards in our region. Distribution: Newfoundland and Labrador (Newfoundland) west to Minnesota, south to Pennsylvania, w. Virginia, nw. North Carolina (Long Hope Valley, Ashe County; Grandfather Mountain), and Ohio. First reported for Virginia (Highland County) by Fleming & Ludwig (1996).

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Section: [26ff] Section 23c Hymenochlaenae.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, FNA23, G, Il, K1, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, Va, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = n/a — RAB, S. Basionym: Carex arctata W.Boott 1839

Links to other floras: = Carex arctata - FNA23

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Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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image #1 of Carex arctata© Quinten Wiegersma, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Quinten Wiegersma source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Carex arctata© David McCorquodale, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by David McCorquodale source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Carex arctata© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Carex arctata© Paul Marcum | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Carex arctata© Martine Lapointe, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Martine Lapointe source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷

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