Carex normalis Mackenzie. Section: [26q] Section 12 Ovales. Common name: Greater Straw Sedge. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Mesic to wet forests, moist prairies, marshes, seeps. Distribution: ME, QC, and ON south to GA and AR.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, FNA23, G, GW1, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, Tat, Tn, Va, W, Rothrock, Reznicek, & Hipp (2009). Basionym: Carex normalis Mack. 1910 "Urbasionym:" Carex mirabilis Host 1809
Links to other floras: = Carex normalis - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: OBL
- Midwest: FACW
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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