Carex pellita Muhlenberg. Common name: Woolly Sedge. Phenology: May-Aug. Habitat: Calcareous fens, wet meadows, depression swamps. Distribution: NB west to BC, south to sc. NC, w. VA, sc. NC (Suther Prairie, Cabarrus County), sc. TN (May Prairie, Coffee County), e. TN, AR, and CA.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: McClintock & Waterway (1994) discussed the distinctiveness of C. pellita and C. lasiocarpa, as well as the misapplication of the name C. lanuginosa to the species now properly called C. pellita.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, FNA23, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, Tn, Va; = Carex lanuginosa Michx. — F, GrPl, Tat, Mackenzie (1931-1935), misapplied; = Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh. var. latifolia (Boeckeler) Gilly; = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Carex pellita Muhl. 1805
Links to other floras: = Carex pellita - 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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