Carex CYPERACEAE Carex 



Ovales 

 C. scoparia Schk. 



Frequent; moist soil, chiefly on the Coastal Plain, June, July. 



C. normalis Mack. (C. mirdbilis Dewey var. perlonga Fernald.) 

 Infrequent; meadows and thickets of the Piedmont. June, July. 



C. festucacea Schk. 



Frequent in low woods, Coastal Plain and Piedmont areas. 

 May, June. 



C. brevier (Dewey) Mack. (C. festucacea var. hrevior of Gray's 

 Man. ed. 7.) 

 One collection: Dixon's quarry, near Wilmington, F. M. Jones, 

 3 June 1927 (P) ; locaHty now destroyed. 



C. Bicknellii Britton. 



One collection: on serpentine near Centreville (NC), Commons, 

 26 May 1863 (A). 



C. hormathodes Fernald. 



Frequent; in salt or brackish marshes. Coastal Plain. Mid- 

 May, June. 



C. Richii (Fernald) Mack. (C. hormathodes var. Richii of Gray's 

 Man., ed. 7.) 

 Rare, in moist soil: early collections near Wilmington and near 

 Townsend (NC); ditch, Vandyke (NC), Long, 24 May 1909 (A). 



II C. Longii Mack. (C. albolutescens of some authors, not Schw.) 



Common; coastal sands, low woods and pond margins of the 

 Coastal Plain. May to mid-July. 



C. silicea Olney. 



Infrequent, on sands of the seashore, in Sussex and Worcester 

 Counties. June, July. 



A northern species, here at the southern limit of its range. 



C. straminea Willd. ("C. albolutescens Schw.") 



Frequent, in low, open ground and moist woods. Coastal Plain. 

 May, June. 



C. alata Torr. 



Frequent; damp woods, marshy ground, and stream banks, 

 Coastal Plain. June, early July. 



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