Carex atlantica Bailey
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Detail
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Botanical Name
- Carex atlantica Bailey
- Common Name
- Prickly Bog Sedge, Atlantic Sedge
- Synonym(s)
- Carex atlantica Bailey ssp. atlantica
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Carex atlantica Bailey
- Comments
- Some local manuals have referred to this as C. incomperta or C. atlantica var. incomperta; a polymorphic species variously resembling other taxa from time to time.
- Habitat
- Bogs, boggy clearings, seeps, seepage swamps, mafic fens, sea-level fens, and other wetlands; generally in acidic soils. Frequent to locally common throughout.
- Native Status
- Native
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