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Cyperaceae
Carex

not marked as a favorite taxon Carex decomposita Muhlenberg. Common name: Cypress-knee Sedge, Epiphytic Sedge. Phenology: Apr-Jul. Habitat: Blackwater swamp forests, often growing on cypress knees, cypress bases, or fallen logs (often at or near water level), river sloughs, beaver marshes, less typically inland in sloughs or in depressions in bedrock river scour. Distribution: NY west to MI, south to sw. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), Panhandle FL, and TX; rarely disjunct inland from the Coastal Plain, especially in river sloughs or beaver marshes (Bradley et al. [in prep.]).

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Section: [26b] Section 2 Heleoglochin.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: See Gaddy & Rayner (1980).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, ETx1, F, FNA23, G, GW1, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NS, NY, POWO, RAB, S, Tn, Tx, Va, WH3, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = n/a — Tat. Basionym: Carex decomposita Muhl. 1817

Links to other floras: = Carex decomposita - 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 ⓘ: 5

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image #1 of Carex decomposita© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Carex decomposita© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Carex decomposita© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
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image #5 of Carex decomposita© Radford, Ahles and Bell | Original Image ⭷

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