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Cyperaceae 



Carex 



Map 540 

 Carei Emoryi Dewey 



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Map 541 



Carex stricta Lam. 



Miles 



r — tb 



Map 542 

 "Carei strlda 

 var. strictior (Dewey) Carey 



The dominant plant of "sedge meadows" is most frequently this species 

 or var. strictior. 



Maine to N. C, and along the Coastal Plain to Tex. ; also locally in the 

 Great Lakes region. 



114a. Carex stricta var. strictior (Dewey) Carey. {Carex strictior 

 Dewey.) Map 542. Common in northern Indiana in marshes and road- 

 side ditches, often in very marly soil; infrequent southward along the 

 western border of the state. 



This plant is reputed to grow in beds (not dense tussocks) while C. 

 stricta is supposed to occur in very dense tussocks only. Field observations 

 in Indiana, however, do not indicate that this distinction is at all reliable ; 

 C. strictior has often been seen to form conspicuous tussocks and C. stricta 

 was frequently found in beds. The distinctions ascribed by Mackenzie to 

 the foliage characters (leaf blades deep green, channeled and keeled toward 

 the base in C. stricta, glaucous to blue-green, flat or nearly so to the base in 

 C. strictior) seem to be particularly inconstant. The lowest bract is gen- 

 erally larger and more leaflike in var. strictior, but this, too, is merely a 

 tendency. P^orms which are transitional in nearly all characters are so 

 frequent in Indiana that it seems best to regard C. strictior as not more 

 than a variety. 



Que. to Minn., southw. to D. C. (in the mts. to N. C. and Tenn.) and Iowa. 



115. Carex torta Boott. Map 543. Frequent south of the lake area on 

 rocky beds of streams, and sand bars in creeks and on their springy banks ; 

 rare in woodland swales. 



Que. to Minn., southw. to N. C, Tenn., and Ark. 



35. § CRYPTOCARPAE 



116. Carex crinita Lam. Map 544. Common in swampy woods and 

 thickets ; frequent in swales, sloughs, ditches, and swamps. 

 Que. to Minn., southw. to N. C. and Tex. 



