Carex vesicaria Linnaeus. Common name: Inflated Sedge. Phenology: May-Aug. Habitat: Bog, spring marsh, depression pond, mafic fen. Distribution: Circumboreal, ranging south in North America to DE, w. VA, nw. NC, KY, IN, MO, NM, and CA.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Eastern North American plants have sometimes been separated as a different species, C. monile, or variety, C. vesicaria var. monile (see synonymy).
Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, FNA23, G, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, POWO, Tat, Va; = n/a — RAB; > Carex monile Tuck.; ? Carex vesicaria L. — Mackenzie (1931-1935); > Carex vesicaria L. ssp. saxatilis (L.) Kük.; > Carex vesicaria L. var. monile (Tuck.) Fernald — F, GrPl, Il, Mo1, NS; > Carex vesicaria var. raeana — NS; > Carex vesicaria L. var. vesicaria — C, F, NS. Basionym: Carex vesicaria L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Carex vesicaria - 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 ⓘ: 8
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