Carex tenera Dewey. Section: [26q] Section 12 Ovales. Common name: Slender Sedge, Quill Sedge. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Low forests, upland forests over hardpans, mesic prairies, wet ditches. Distribution: NS west to BC, south to MD, WV, s. OH, s. IN, s. IL, SD, n. NM, ID, and WA. Confusion in reporting of past records has obscured the distribution.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Carex echinodes (Fernald) P. Rothrock, Reznicek, & Hipp has sometimes been lumped into or treated as a variety of C. tenera, but warrants specific status.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, POWO, Rothrock, Reznicek, & Hipp (2009); = Carex tenera Dewey var. tenera — F, FNA23, NS, Pa; = n/a — Tat; < Carex tenera Dewey — C, G, GrPl, RAB, Tn. Basionym: Carex tenera Dewey 1824

Links to other floras: = Carex tenera var. tenera - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

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

Heliophily ⓘ: 7