8 results for genus: Carex. section: [26kkk] Section 44 Phyllostachyae.
Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
Cyperaceae | Carex backii | Back's Sedge | Rocky woodlands and forests, cliff bases. | QC west to BC, south to NJ, PA, IA, and CO. Historic in our area (NJ, PA). Occurring further north in a few scattered areas of central NY, but otherwise no longer considered extant in our flora region. |
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Cyperaceae | Carex basiantha | Southern Willdenow's Sedge, Widow Sedge | Mesic forests, wet flats, and lower slopes, over calcareous rocks or sediments. | Se. NC south to n. peninsular FL, Panhandle FL, west to e. TX, and north to nw. GA, c. TN, and c. AR. |
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Cyperaceae | Carex jamesii | James's Sedge | Nutrient-rich bottomlands, levee forests, and mesic slopes over calcareous or mafic rocks. | MD and NY west to MI, MN, and e. NE, south to c. SC, GA, and LA. |
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Cyperaceae | Carex juniperorum | Juniper Sedge | On edges of calcareous glades and barrens, in subxeric to submesic calcareous woodlands. | This species was recently described, and is so far known only from alvars in s. ON, calcareous glades and barrens in s. OH and ne. KY, and has recently been found in Montgomery Co., VA (Belden et al. 2004) and Botetourt Co., VA (Townsend, pers. comm., 2008). |
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Cyperaceae | Carex latebracteata | Waterfall's Sedge | Dry-mesic to mesic forests over calcareous or subcalcareous substrate. | Endemic to the Ouachita Mountains of AR and OK. | |
Cyperaceae | Carex superata | Limestone Forest Sedge | Mesic calcareous forests and woodlands. | Sc. NC, nc. SC, sw. VA, sc. KY, and ne. MS, south to Panhandle FL and s. AL. Reported for sw. VA (as C. willdenowii var. megarrhyncha) by Wieboldt et al. (1998). |
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Cyperaceae | Carex timida | Timid Sedge | Calcareous, dry to mesic woodlands and forests. | Scattered and disjunct, from OH, IN, s. IL, and s. MO to KY, TN, n. AL, and AR. |
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Cyperaceae | Carex willdenowii | Willdenow’s Sedge | Calcareous mesic forests, but also in more acidic dry-mesic upland oak forests. | MA, VT, NY, s. ON, and c. IN, south to nc. SC, n. AL, and s. IL; disjunct in c. AR. |
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