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not marked as a favorite taxon Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willdenow. Common name: Broom Sedge. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Bogs, swamp forests, marshes, seepy ledges, ditches. In a variety of marshes and broad wetland types northward and often one of the most commonly encountered of section Ovales (seemingly replaced by the widely occurring C. longii southward into the southeastern coastal plain). Distribution: Newfoundland and Labrador (Newfoundland) west to British Columbia, south to Georgia (?) and California. Specimens towards the southern range of this species require herbarium confirmation.

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Section: [26q] Section 12 Ovales.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: C. scoparia var. tesselata Fernald & Wiegand, endemic to NB and ME, was raised to species rank, as C. waponahkikensis M. Lovit & A.A. Haines (Lovit & Haines 2012); Lovit (2024) provided additional support for the recognition of C. waponahkikensis at species rank. Tennessee Flora Committee (2015) mentions unresolved variation that may warrant taxonomic recognition.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, K4, Mi, Mo1, NY, POWO, S, Tn, Lovit & Haines (2012), Lovit (2024); = Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. var. scoparia — Ar, F, FNA23, K1, NE, NS, Pa, Va; < Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. — C, G, GrPl, GW1, RAB, Tat, W; > Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. var. moniliformis Tuckerman — Il; > Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. var. scoparia — Il. Basionym: Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. 1805

Links to other floras: = Carex scoparia var. scoparia - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
  • Great Plains: FACW
  • Midwest: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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