Carex laxiculmis Schweinitz

Locations ofCarex laxiculmis Schweinitz in Virginia

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Family
Cyperaceae
Botanical Name
Carex laxiculmis Schweinitz
Common Name
Spreading Sedge
Synonym(s)
Carex laxiculmis Schweinitz var. laxiculmis
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Carex laxiculmis Schweinitz
Comments
See Comments under Carex copulata. The two species are sometimes treated as vars. of C. laxiculmis but are morphologically and ecologically distinct.
Habitat
Well-drained floodplain forests and small-stream alluvial forests, mesic to dry-mesic upland forests; most typical and abundant in moist, acidic, nutrient-poor soils of stream bottoms and ravines, but occasionally in moderately base-rich soils and occasionally extending to high elevations. Frequent to locally common in the mountains, Piedmont, and inner Coastal Plain; infrequent in the outer Coastal Plain.
Native Status
Native

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