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 Newfoundland and Labrador (Newfoundland) west to Saskatchewan, south to Delaware, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Iowa, and North Dakota, and in the mountains to w. North Carolina, nw. South Carolina {Bradley et al. [in prep.]), and e. Tennessee; also in w. North America from Alaska (Aleutians) and British Columbia south to Colorado, Utah, and s. California.

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, K1, K4, NS, NY, POWO, Va; = Carex angustior Mack. — S, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = Carex echinata J. Murray var. echinata — C, NE, Pa; > Carex angustior Mack. — F, Tat; > Carex cephalantha (L.H.Bailey) E.P.Bicknell — F; < Carex echinata J. Murray — Il, Tn; > Carex echinata J. Murray var. angustata (J.Carey) L.H.Bailey — Mi; > Carex echinata J. 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 J. 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