Carex lasiocarpa Erhr. var. americana Fernald

Locations ofCarex lasiocarpa Erhr. var. americana Fernald in Virginia

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Family
Cyperaceae
Botanical Name
Carex lasiocarpa Erhr. var. americana Fernald
Common Name
Slender Sedge
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Carex lasiocarpa Erhr. var. americana Fernald
Comments
See Castanea 63:84-85 for an account of the discoveries of this circumboreal/northern sedge in Frederick Co. (Fleming, 1993) and Augusta Co. (Ludwig, 1995) wetlands. Var. americana is the North American component of the species. Specimens previously called Carex lasiocarpa in Atlas lll are referable to C. pellita in the Digital Atlas.
Habitat
Hummocks and standing water of groundwater-saturated wetlands. The Frederick Co. population is located in a series of calcareous spring marshes while the Augusta Co. population occupies an acidic, semipermanently flooded sinkhole pond. A very rare northern disjunct in Virginia.
Native Status
Native

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