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Cyperaceae
Carex

not marked as a favorite taxon Carex festucacea Schkuhr ex Willdenow. Common name: Fescue Sedge. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Bottomland forests, depression ponds and swamps, wet meadows. Distribution: VT west to MN, south to GA, Panhandle FL, AL, MS, LA, and TX.

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Section: [26q] Section 12 Ovales.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, ETx1, F, FNA23, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, Tat, Tn, Va, WH3, Rothrock, Reznicek, & Hipp (2009); < Carex festucacea Schkuhr ex Willd. — G, GW1, RAB, W, (also see C. straminea); Carex festucacea Schkuhr ex Willd. Basionym: Carex festucacea Schkuhr ex Willd. 1805

Links to other floras: = Carex festucacea - 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: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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image #1 of Carex festucacea© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Carex festucacea© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
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