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Carex aurea Nutt. Golden-fruited sedge. Damp open ground, usually 

 in grassy places. Common. 



Carex hassei Bailey. Hasse's sedge. On the damp gravelly beach of 

 Lake Michigan near Manistique. By some authors considered the 

 same as C. bicolor All. 



Carex pauciflora Lightf. Few-flowered sedge. In open spots of 

 tamarack-black spruce swamps in sphagnum. Often very abundant. 



Carex leptalea Wahlenb. Bristle-stalked sedge. In bogs and swamps. 

 Abundant throughout. 



Carex buxbaumii Wahl. (C. polygama Schkuhr.). Brown sedge. 

 Common in boggy open places. 



Carex gracillima Schwein. Graceful sedge. Common in hardwoods. 



Carex tonsa (Fernald) Bicknell. (C. umbellata tonsa Fernald). Deep 

 green sedge. On high fixed sand ridges near Floodwood. Apparently 

 infrequent. 



Carex pennsylvanica Lam. Pennsylvania sedge. Dry sandy open 

 ground. Common throughout. 



Carex paupercula Michx. Bog sedge. Frequent in open bogs through- 

 out. Noticed in particular about Floodwood. 



Carex leptonervia Fernald. (C. laxiflora leptonervia Fernald). Two- 

 edged sedge. Rich shaded ground. Plentiful throughout. 



Carex flava L. Yellow sedge. Wet open marshy ground. Often 

 abundant. 



Carex cryptolepis Mackenzie. (" C. flava recti rostra Gaudin ") . Smaller 

 yellow sedge. Marshy open ground. Frequent. 



Carex oederi Retz. Green sedge. Damp open sandy ground near 

 Lake Michigan shore. Abundant. 



Carex capillaris elongata Olney. Tall hair-like sedge. In Wet shaded 

 ground near Manistique. Plentiful. 



Carex arctata Boott. Drooping wood-sedge. In hardwoods. Fre- 

 quent throughout. 



Carex flexuosa Muhl. (C. debilis rudgei Bailey). Slender-talked 

 sedge. Frequent in hardwoods about Floodwood. 



Carex scabrata Schwein. Rough sedge. Damp open or partially 

 shaded ground on Grand Island in Alger Count}'. Plentiful. 



Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh. (C '. filiformis Good) . Slender sedge. In bogs 

 and often in shallow water. Abundant. 



Carex oligospermia Michx. Few-seeded sedge. Open bogs throughout. 

 Often abundant. 



Carex lacustris Willd. (C. riparia Muhl.). Lake-bank sedge. In 

 swamps about Floodwood. Plentiful. 



Carex pseudo-cypems L. Cyperus-like sedge. Wet open ground 

 throughout. Frequent. 



