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Carex gracilescens Steudel. Section: [26bb] Section 19 Laxiflorae. Common name: Slender Loose-flowered Sedge. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Moist, nutrient-rich forests, calcareous hammocks. Distribution: VT and s. QC west to WI, south to SC, AL, LA, and e. TX; disjunct in sw. GA and Panhandle FL.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Naczi (1999b) reported a chromosome number of n = 17, 19, 20.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, F, FNA23, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NE, NS, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = Carex laxiflora Lam. var. gracillima Boott — G, POWO; < Carex gracilescens Steud. — C, (also see C. ormostachya); Carex gracilescens Steud. Basionym: Carex gracilescens Steud. 1849

Links to other floras: = Carex gracilescens - FNA23

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Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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