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Carex bicknellii Britton. Section: [26q] Section 12 Ovales. Common name: Bicknell’s Sedge. Phenology: Apr-Jul. Habitat: Dry prairies, eastwards (SC) in prairie-like openings and barrens over gabbro or serpentine. Distribution: ME west to SK, south to DE, OH, MO, OK, and NM; disjunct in nc. SC (where first reported by Hill & Horn 1997).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, FNA23, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, POWO; = Carex bicknellii Britton var. bicknellii — Mo1, NS; = n/a — RAB; < Carex bicknellii Britton — C, F, G, Tat, Mackenzie (1931-1935). Basionym: Carex bicknellii Britton 1896 "Urbasionym:" Carex straminea Willd. ex Schkuhr var. crawei Boott 1862

Links to other floras: = Carex bicknellii - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FACW
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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