Carex nigromarginata Schweinitz. Section: [26bbb] Section 39 Acrocystis. Common name: Black-edged Sedge. Phenology: Mar-May. Habitat: Dry woodlands and forests. Distribution: DE and NJ west to WI, south to SC, GA, and TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA23, Il, K1, K3, K4, NE, NY, Pa, Tat, Tn, Va, W, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = Carex nigro-marginata Schwein. – S; = Carex nigromarginata Schwein. var. nigromarginata – Ar, ETx1, F, Mo1; = Carex nigro-marginata Schwein. var. nigro-marginata – G; < Carex nigromarginata Schwein. – C; < Carex nigromarginata Schwein. var. nigromarginata – RAB
Links to other floras: = Carex nigromarginata - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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