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Carex corrugata Fernald. Section: [26ee] Section 22 Griseae. Common name: Prune-fruited Sedge. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Large-stream and river bottomlands, wet calcareous forests. Distribution: Se. VA, KY, and s. OH south to Panhandle FL and AL, west to c. TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: See Hill (1992).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, ETx1, F, FNA23, Il, K4, Mo1, NcTx, NS, POWO, Tn, Va, WH3; = n/a — Tat; < Carex amphibola Steud. — C, GW1, Tx; ? Carex amphibola Steud. var. turgida Fernald; < Carex grisea Wahlenb. — G, RAB, S, Mackenzie (1931-1935). Basionym: Carex corrugata Fernald 1942 "Urbasionym:" Carex rugata Ohwi 1932

Links to other floras: = Carex corrugata - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
  • Great Plains: FACW
  • Midwest: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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