Carex flexuosa Muhlenberg ex Willdenow. Section: [26ff] Section 23c Hymenochlaenae. Common name: Flexuous White-edge Sedge, Rudge’s White-edge Sedge. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Dry to moist upland forests, openings, grassy balds, granitic domes, rock outcrops. Distribution: NL (Newfoundland) west to MN, south to VA and MO, and in the Appalachian Mountains to w. NC and e. TN.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Il, S, Tn, Va, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = Carex debilis Michx. var. rudgei L.H.Bailey — C, Can, F, G, K4, NE, POWO, RAB; < Carex debilis Michx. — GW1, W; > Carex debilis Michx. var. interjecta L.H.Bailey — NS; < Carex debilis Michx. var. rudgei L.H.Bailey — FNA23, NY, Pa, POWO; > Carex debilis Michx. var. rudgei L.H.Bailey — NS; > Carex debilis Michx. var. strictior L.H.Bailey — NS. Basionym: Carex flexuosa Muhl. ex Willd. 1805
Links to other floras: < Carex debilis var. rudgei - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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