Carex sangamonensis (Clokey) Mohlenbrock. Section: [26q] Section 12 Ovales. Common name: Midwestern Blunt Broom Sedge, Sangamon Sedge. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Bottomland forests, marshes. Distribution: OH, IL, and KS, south to SC, AL, LA, and TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Judged to perhaps warrant specific rank (Tennessee Flora Committee 2015), as treated here.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Il, K4; = Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. var. sangamonensis Clokey — Ar, ETx1, FNA23, G, NS, POWO, Tn, Va; < Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. — C, F, GW1, Mo1, NcTx, RAB, W. Basionym: Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. var. sangamonensis Clokey 1919
Links to other floras: = Carex tribuloides var. sangamonensis - 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 ⓘ: 4
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