Carex pellita Willd.

Locations ofCarex pellita Willd. in Virginia

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Family
Cyperaceae
Botanical Name
Carex pellita Willd.
Common Name
Woolly Sedge
Synonym(s)
Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh. var. latifolia (Böckler) Gilly; Carex lanuginosa Michx., misapplied
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Carex pellita Willd.
Comments
The name Carex lanuginosa Michx. has been misapplied to many specimens and is used in many older manuals. See also Comments under map of Carex lasiocarpa.
Habitat
Calcareous fens, wet meadows, depression swamps, and floodplain pools and sloughs; rarely in wet flatwoods of the Coastal Plain; usually in base-rich soils. Infrequent in the mountains and n. Piedmont; rare elsewhere in the Piedmont and the inner Coastal Plain.
Native Status
Native

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