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Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex utriculata F. Boott. Common name: Beaked Sedge. Phenology: Jun-Aug. Habitat: Wet meadows, calcareous seeps, spring marshes. Distribution: Circumboreal, ranging south in North America to DE, w. VA, nw. and sw. NC, ne. TN (Johnson County, where perhaps extirpated), IN, NE, NM, CA, and n. Mexico; n. Eurasia. Recently verified for NC.

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Section: [26qq] Section 30 Vesicariae.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, FNA23, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, Tn, Va; = Carex inflata Huds. var. utriculata (Boott) Druce — Tat; = Carex rostrata Stokes var. utriculata (Boott) L.H.Bailey — F, G; = Carex schweinitzii Dewey ex Schwein. — RAB, misidentification; < Carex rostrata Stokes — Mackenzie (1931-1935), misapplied as to our material. Basionym: Carex utriculata Boott 1839

Links to other floras: = Carex utriculata - 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 ⓘ: 9

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