Carex bromoides Willdenow ssp. bromoides . Section: [26n] Section 10 Deweyanae. Common name: Common Brome Sedge. Phenology: Feb-Jul. Habitat: Swamp forests, bogs, seeps, hydric hammocks, other wetlands, often associated with base-rich soils. Distribution: Ssp. bromoides ranges from NB west to e. MN, south to c. peninsular FL and e. TX; allegedly disjunct in s. Mexico, but not in Villaseñor (2016).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Other Comments: Naczi (1999b) reports a chromosome number of n = 32-34.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA23, K1, K3, K4, Mo1, NE, NY, Tn, Va; = Carex bromoides Willd. var. bromoides – Pa; < Carex bromoides Willd. – C, ETx1, F, G, GW1, Il, Mi, RAB, S, Tat, W, WH3, Mackenzie (1931-1935)
Links to other floras: = Carex bromoides ssp. bromoides - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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