Flora of the Southeastern United States

Carex echinata J. Murray ssp. echinata. Common name: Star Sedge. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Bogs, seeps, fens. Distribution: Ssp. echinata is circumboreal, ranging in North America from NL (Newfoundland) west to SK, south to DE, PA, IN, IA, and ND, and in the mountains to w. NC, nw. SC {Bradley et al. [in prep.]), and e. TN; also in w. North America from AK (Aleutians) and BC south to CO, UT, and s. CA.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Ssp. phyllomanica (F. Boott) Reznicek occurs along the western coast of North America from s. AK south to n. CA.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, FNA23, K4, NS, NY, POWO, Va; = Carex angustior Mack. — S, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = Carex echinata Murray var. echinata — C, NE, Pa; > Carex angustior Mack. — F, Tat; > Carex cephalantha (L.H.Bailey) E.P.Bicknell — F; < Carex echinata Murray — Il, Tn; > Carex echinata Murray var. angustata (J.Carey) L.H.Bailey — Mi; > Carex echinata Murray var. echinata — Mi; < Carex muricata L. — W; > Carex muricata L. var. angustata Mack. — G, RAB, misapplied; > Carex muricata L. var. cephalantha (L.H.Bailey) Wiegand & Eames — G. Basionym: Carex echinata Murray 1770

Links to other floras: = Carex echinata ssp. echinata - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (name change)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (name change)
• Great Plains: OBL (name change)
• Midwest: OBL (name change)
• Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 7