Carex glaucescens Elliott. Section: [26x] Section 17a Glaucescentes. Common name: Blue Sedge, Southern Waxy Sedge. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Blackwater swamps, pocosins, wet pine savannas, seepage bogs, depression ponds, pondcypress savannas, other acid and peaty situations. Distribution: E. MD south to c. peninsular FL, west to e. TX and se. OK (Buthod & Hoagland 2013); disjunct in nw. GA (Jones & Coile 1988) and c. TN.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, ETx1, F, FNA23, G, GW1, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, WH3, Mackenzie (1931-1935); >< Carex grandis L.H.Bailey. Basionym: Carex glaucescens Elliott 1824
Links to other floras: = Carex glaucescens - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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native range: southeastern United States
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