Carex howei Mackenzie. Section: [26o] Section 11 Stellulatae. Common name: Howe's Sedge, Prickly Bog Sedge. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Bogs and seepages, often growing in Sphagnum. Distribution: NS west to MI and nw. IN, south to c. peninsular FL and e. TX, predominantly (but by no means strictly) on the Coastal Plain; Dominican Republic.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: See C. atlantica for discussion of the relationship between the two taxa.

Synonymy ⓘ: = F, G, GW1, RAB, Tat, Va, W, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = Carex atlantica L.H.Bailey ssp. capillacea (L.H.Bailey) Reznicek — Ar, Can, FNA23, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, Tn, WH3; = Carex atlantica L.H.Bailey var. capillacea (L.H.Bailey) Cronquist — C, ETx1; = Carex capillacea L.H.Bailey, illegitimate; = Carex triceps Michx., illegitimate; < Carex atlantica L.H.Bailey — Tx; > Carex howei Mack. — S; > Carex mohriana Mack. — S; Carex howei Mack. Basionym: Carex howei Mack. 1910 "Urbasionym:" Carex delicatula C.B.Clarke 1908

Links to other floras: = Carex atlantica ssp. capillacea - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

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

Heliophily ⓘ: 7