Carex complanata Torrey & Hooker. Section: [26ii] Section 24 Porocystis. Common name: Hirsute Sedge. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Bottomland forests and swamps, depression swamps, drier barrens. Distribution: NJ and s. PA south to n. peninsular FL and Panhandle FL, west to TX and MO; reportedly disjunct in AZ and s. Mexico.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, F, FNA23, GrPl, Il, K4, Mo1, NcTx, NS, POWO, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = Carex complanata Torr. & Hook. var. complanata — C, G; = n/a — Pa; < Carex complanata Torr. & Hook. — GW1, RAB, W, WH3, (also see C. hirsutella); Carex complanata Torr. & Hook. Basionym: Carex complanata Torr. & Hook. 1836
Links to other floras: = Carex complanata - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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