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Carex complanata Torrey & Hooker. Section: [26ii] Section 24 Porocystis. Common name: Hirsute Sedge. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Bottomland forests and swamps, depression swamps, drier barrens. Distribution: NJ and s. PA south to n. peninsular FL and Panhandle FL, west to TX and MO; reportedly disjunct in AZ and s. Mexico.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, F, FNA23, GrPl, Il, K4, Mo1, NcTx, NS, POWO, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = Carex complanata Torr. & Hook. var. complanata — C, G; = n/a — Pa; < Carex complanata Torr. & Hook. — GW1, RAB, W, WH3, (also see C. hirsutella); Carex complanata Torr. & Hook. — (basionym)

Links to other floras: = Carex complanata - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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