Flora of the Southeastern United States

Carex pedunculata Muhlenberg ex Willdenow. Common name: Longstalk Sedge. Phenology: Apr-May. Habitat: Nutrient-rich dry to mesic forests, usually over calcareous or mafic rocks. Distribution: NL (Newfoundland), SK, and ND, south to NJ, w. VA, sw. NC (Gaddy et al. 1984), nw. SC (Gaddy et al. 1984), nw. GA (Dade County) (Jones & Coile 1988), n. AL, c. IN, c. IL, and n. IA; disjunct in s. MO (Aaron 2024).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Carex erythrobasis Léveillé & Vaniot, of Korea, Manchuria, and far eastern Russia, is sometimes treated as distinct from Carex pedunculata at only variety or subspecies rank (see synonymy); species rank separation (followed here) seems more likely to be appropriate for these far disjunct taxa.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, G, Il, K4, Mi, NS, Pa, POWO, Tat, Tn, W, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = Carex pedunculata Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. pedunculata — NE, NY; = Carex pedunculata Muhl. ex Willd. var. pedunculata — FNA23, NSProv, Va; = Carex pendunculata — GrPl, misspelling; = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Carex pedunculata Muhl. ex Willd. 1805

Links to other floras: = Carex pedunculata var. pedunculata - 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: FAC