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not marked as a favorite taxon Carex michauxiana Boeckeler. Common name: Michaux's Sedge. Phenology: Jun-Aug. Habitat: Bogs, seeps, usually in Sphagnum. Distribution: NL (Labrador) and MB south to MA, n. MI, n. WI, n. MN, and SK; disjunct in w. MD.

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Section: [26ss] Section 32 Rostrales.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Closely related to an e. Asian species.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, FNA23, G, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY, POWO, Mackenzie (1931-1935). Basionym: Carex michauxiana Boeckeler 1877 "Urbasionym:" Carex rostrata Stokes 1787

Links to other floras: = Carex michauxiana - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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