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not marked as a favorite taxon Carex sangamonensis (Clokey) Mohlenbrock. Common name: Midwestern Blunt Broom Sedge, Sangamon Sedge. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Bottomland forests, marshes. Distribution: Ohio, Illinois, and Kansas, south to South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas. Disjunct in c. Mexico (Veracruz).

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Section: [26q] Section 12 Ovales.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Judged to perhaps warrant specific rank (Tennessee Flora Committee 2015), and treated as such here.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Il, K4; = Carex tribuloides Wahlenberg var. sangamonensis Clokey — Ar, ETx1, FNA23, G, K1, NS, POWO, Tn, Va; = n/a — S; < Carex tribuloides Wahlenberg — C, F, GW1, Mo1, NcTx, RAB, W. Basionym: Carex tribuloides Wahlenberg var. sangamonensis Clokey 1919

Links to other floras: = Carex tribuloides var. sangamonensis - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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