Carex tetrastachya Scheele. Section: [26q] Section 12 Ovales. Common name: Four-angle Sedge. Phenology: Mar-May. Habitat: Wet prairies and swamps over calcareous substrates. Distribution: Sc. KS and OK south to LA and s. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA23, K4, NcTx, POWO; = Carex brittoniana L.H.Bailey — GrPl, NS, Tx. Basionym: Carex tetrastachya Scheele 1849
Links to other floras: = Carex tetrastachya - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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