Carex CYPERACEAE Carex 



FolUculatae 

 C. foUiculata L. 



Common; swamps and wet woods of the Coastal Plain, at least 

 as far south as the Virginia line. Mid-May, June. 



Pseudo- Cypereae 

 C. comosa Boott. 



Common throughout, in swamps and on pond margins. June, 

 July. 



Paludosae 



C. riparia W. Curtis var. lacustris (Willd.) Kiikenth. (C. lacustris 

 Willd.) 

 Infrequent; in swamps along the Delaware River, above Wil- 

 mington. Last collected by Canby and by Commons in 1875. June. 



C. trichocarpa Muhl. 



"Swamp above Rockland (NC), rare": Commons, 29 June 

 1893 (A). 



Squarrosae 

 C. Frankii Kunth. 



Apparently collected but once in our area: road between Stock- 

 ton and Girdletree (Wo), True, 166, 30 June 1928 (P). 



C. squarrosa L. 



Common; swamps, meadows and ditches, Piedmont and Coastal 

 Plain. No known collection from south of Sussex and Talbot 

 Counties. Mid-June to Aug. 



C. typhina Mx. (C. typhinoides Schw. of Gray's Man., ed. 7.) 



Frequent; swamps and low woods. Piedmont and Coastal Plain, 

 southward to Worcester County. June, July. 



Vesicariae 

 C. vesicaria L. 



Infrequent; swamps on the Coastal Plain of New Castle County. 

 Mid-May, June. 



A northern species, here at about its southern limit. 



C. inflata Huds. var. utriculata (Boott) Druce. (C. rostrata Stokes. 

 See Rhodora 44, 324-325. 1942.) 

 Rare; in swamps and meadows: near Harmony Mills (NC), E. 



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