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Carex tribuloides Wahlenb. (like Tribulus, the Caltrop). 



Frequent. Low meadows and swampy places. July — 

 Aug. 



The var. turbata Bailey (confused) is occasional. 

 Carex tribuloides Wahlenb., var. reducta Bailey (reduced). 

 Care.v tribuloides Wahlenb., var. moniliformis Britton. 



Rare. Cool swales: Woodstock (Weatherby), Franklin 

 (R. W. Woodward), Winchester and Litchfield (Weatherby 

 & Bissell), Salisbury (Weatherby). July. 



Carex siccata Dewey (dry). 



Occasional or local. Dry sandy or barren ground, usually 

 growing in colonies. Late May — June. 



Carex Crawfordii Fernald. 



Local. Salisbury, in dry fields (M. L. Fernald). June. 



Carex cristata Schwein. (crested). 



Carex tribuloides Wahlenb., var. cristata Bailey. 

 Carey: cristatella Britton. 



Rare or local. Low meadows and thickets and along river 

 banks: Ledyard (Graves), Southington (Andrews & Bissell), 

 Oxford (Harger), Huntington and Kent (Fames), Salisbury 

 (Bissell) . June — July. 



Carex albolutescens Schwein. (yellowish-white). 

 Carex straminea Willd., var. foenea Torr. 

 Carex straminea Willd., var. cumulata Bailey. 



Locally plentiful near the coast in bogs and moist sandy 

 ground in New London County ; has been found also on the 

 top of Bald Hill at 1200 ft. elevation, Union (Graves). July. 



Carex mirabilis Dewey (wonderful). 



Carex straminea Willd., var. mirabilis Tuckerm. 



Occasional or frequent. Fields and copses, in either dry or 

 moist ground. June. 



The var. perlonga Fernald (very long) is occacional, 

 usually in dry ground. 

 Carex mirabilis Dewey, var. tincta Fernald (dyed). 



Rare. Dry open woods: East Hartford (Weatherby). 

 June. 



