Carex gynocrates Wormskjöld ex Drejer. Section: [26g] Section 4.3 Physoglochin. Common name: Northern Bog Sedge. Phenology: Jun-Aug. Habitat: Fens, calcareous seeps. Distribution: Greenland, Baffin Island, and Alaska south to ME, NY, w. PA (an old collection by Goldie), MI, WI, MN, ND, NM, UT, NV, and OR; Siberia.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, F, FNA23, G, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY; = Carex dioica L. ssp. gynocrates (Wormskjöld ex Drejer) Hultén; = Carex dioica L. var. gynocrates (Wormskjöld ex Drejer) Ostenf. — C; = n/a — Pa; >< Carex nardina Fr. var. hepburnii (Boott) Kük. — POWO; >< Carex nardina Fr. var. nardina — POWO. Basionym: Carex gynocrates Wormskjöld ex Drejer 1841
Links to other floras: = Carex gynocrates - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
- Midwest: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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