Carex tribuloides Wahlenberg. Section: [26q] Section 12 Ovales. Common name: Blunt Broom Sedge. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Bottomland forests. Distribution: NB west to MN and NE, south to c. peninsular FL, GA, TN, MO, and KS.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Il, K4, Mi; = Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. var. tribuloides — Can, FNA23, G, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, Tn, Va; < Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. — C, F, GrPl, GW1, Mo1, RAB, Tat, Tx, W, WH3; Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. Basionym: Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. 1803
Links to other floras: = Carex tribuloides var. tribuloides - 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 ⓘ: 5
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