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not marked as a favorite taxon Carex vesicaria Linnaeus. Common name: Inflated Sedge. Phenology: May-Aug. Habitat: Bogs, spring marshes, depression ponds, mafic fens. Distribution: Circumboreal, ranging south in North America to DE, w. VA, nw. NC, KY, IN, MO, NM, and CA.

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Section: [26qq] Section 30 Vesicariae.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Eastern North American plants have sometimes been separated as a different species, C. monile, or variety, C. vesicaria var. monile (see synonymy).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, FNA23, G, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, POWO, Tat, Va; = n/a — RAB; > Carex monile Tuck.; ? Carex vesicaria L. — Mackenzie (1931-1935); > Carex vesicaria L. ssp. saxatilis (L.) Kük.; > Carex vesicaria L. var. monile (Tuck.) Fernald — F, GrPl, Il, Mo1, NS; > Carex vesicaria var. raeana — NS; > Carex vesicaria L. var. vesicaria — C, F, NS. Basionym: Carex vesicaria L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Carex vesicaria - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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