429 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Low woods. Montgomery County, Pentulalla 
Creek. Infrequent, 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Pensylvania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex tribuloides turbata Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 1:55. 1889. 
BLUNT BROOM SEDGE. 
Carex lagopodioides var. Boott, Tl. 3:117, t. 372, J. t. 1862. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Southern New England to Michigan; south to 
Alabama and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Coast plain and open marshes. Dallas County, 
Uniontown, in low wet woods. Mobile County, river marshes. May, J une; not rare. 
Type locality: “Shady copses and woods, Massachusetts to Michigan and south- 
ward to Alabama, Mohr, and Louisiana, Langlois.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex scoparia Schk. Riedgr. Nacht. 20, f. 775. 1806. POINTED BROOM SEDGE, 
Carex scoparia var, minor Boott, IL. 3:116, t. 369. 1862, ~ 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia and Manitoba; New England, 
west to Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado; south along the mountains to North 
Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Blount County, Mulberry River, June; rare, 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in America boreali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
Carex albolutescens Schwein. Ann. Lyc. N. Y, 1:66. 1824, Bailey, Bull. Torr. 
Club, 20: 422, 1893. GREENISH-WHITE SEDGE, 
Carex straminea var. foenca Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3:395. 1836. Not ¢. JSoenea 
Willd. 1809. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 622. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 484, 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, From Florida along the coast to New England; 
(Mount Desert Island) west along the Gulf shore to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain and Littoral region, Marshes, ditches. Mobile aud Bald- 
win counties. May, June; common. 
Type locality: ‘Carolina and Pennsylvania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Carex festucacea Willd. Sp. Pl. 4:242. 1805. FESCUE SEDGE, 
Carex straminea Schk. Riedgr. Nacht. 23, f. 774, 1806. 
C. straminea var, brevior Dewey, Am. Journ. Sei. 11:158. 1826, 
C. straminea festucacea Tuckerm, Enum. Meth. 18, 1843. 
C. straminea typica Boott, Ul. 3:121, t. 3x7. 1862. 
Ell, Sk. 2: 535. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 622. Chap. F1.535. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:484, 
MEXICO. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario; New England west to Michigan, Min- 
nesota, Dakota, and Nebraska; south from New York to Florida and west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Undoubtedly over the State. Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry 
woods, copses. Tuscaloosa County (f. 4. Smith). Mobile County, Springhill. April, 
May; frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in America boreali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Carex alata Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3: 396. 1836, BROAD-WINGED SEDGE, 
Carex straminea alata (Torr.) Bailey, Carex Cat. 1884, 
Gray, Man, ed, 6, 622. Chap. F1.535.) Britt. & Brown, Hl. Fl. 1:359, 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Ontario west to Manitoba; New England 
(Mount Desert Island) to Michigan, southern Nlinois, and along the coast south to 
Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Swamps. Mobile County, river marshes, May. Three 
to 5 feet high, Frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Newbern, N. C., Mr. Croom!; Macon, Georgia, Dr. Loomis!” 
Herb, Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
