Carex austrina Mackenzie. Section: [26d] Section 4.0 Phaestoglochin. Common name: Southern Sedge. Phenology: May. Habitat: Dry calcareous prairies, meadows, and forests, also roadsides, apparently introduced eastwards with hay and/or seed mixes used for erosion control. Distribution: Native from IA and NE south to LA and TX; more eastern occurrences are at least in part introduced. First reported for areas east of the Mississippi by Bryson et al. (1996). Reported for DE (Longbottom, Naczi, & Knapp 2016).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, ETx1, F, FNA23, Il, K4, Mo1, NcTx, NS, POWO, Tn, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = Carex muhlenbergii Kunth ex Boott var. australis Olney — C, G, GrPl; = Carex muhlenbergii Kunth ex Boott var. austrina Small; = n/a — RAB, Tat; < Carex muhlenbergii Kunth ex Boott — S, Tx
Links to other floras: = Carex austrina - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Great Plains: FACU
- Midwest: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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