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Carex varia Muhl. Emmons' sedge. Dry sterile open ground. Fre 



quent. 



Carex pennsylvanica Lam. Pennsylvania sedge. Common in dry 

 open or shaded ground. 



Carex tetanica Sehkuhr. Wood's sedge. Frequent in wet open ground 

 about the small lakes. 



Carex laxi flora blanda (Dewey) Boott. Loose-flowered sedge. Com- 

 mon in woods near Akron. Probably frequent throughout . 



Carex laxiflora latifolia Boott. White bear sedge. Quite abundanl 

 in rich woods near Murphy's Lake. Probably frequent throughout. 



Carex conoidea Sehkuhr. Field sedge. "Prairies, Akron and Wisner 

 townships." C. A. Davis. 



Carex granulans Muhl. Meadow sedge. In meadow-like ground 

 near Cat Lake. Probably frequent throughout. 



Carex crawei Dewey. Crawe's sedge. In prairie-like ground in north- 

 ern part of county. "Common in swales along the shores of bay in 

 Akron and Wisner townships." C. A. Davis. 



Carex flava L. Yellow sedge. In wet marshy places near the lakes. 

 Common throughout. 



Carex oederi pumila (Cosson & Germain) Fernald. Green sedge. In 

 damp sand along the shore of Saginaw Bay. "Wet, muddy and sandy 

 shores of Saginaw Bay below storm wave mark.' C. A. Davis. 



Carex filiformis L. Slender sedge. Common in wet prairie-like 

 ground in northern part of county and in wet places about the small 

 lakes. "Common about lakes in Dayton and Watertown townships. 

 Mud Lake, Arbela Township. Also on prairies." C. A. Davis. 



Carex lanuginosa Michx. Woolly sedge. In wet marshy places, 

 especialty about the small lakes and at Quanicassee. 



Carex riparia W. Curtis. River-bank sedge. In very wet places aear 

 the shore of Saginaw Bay and about the small lakes. 



Carex pseudo-cyperusL. Cyperus-like sedge. In very wet places near 

 the shore of Saginaw Bay and about the small lakes. Frequent. 



Carex com osa Boott. Bristly sedge. In wet spots on the prairies and 

 about the small lakes. 



Carex hystericina Muhl. Porcupine sedge. Common throughout in 

 wet places. 



Carex lurida Wahlenb. Sallow sedge. Frequent in swampy places 

 near the small lakes. 



Carex retrorsa Schwein. Retrorse sedge. In wet places near t he small 

 lakes. 



Carex retrorsa hartii (Dewey) Gray. Hart Wright's sedge. "Shaded 

 swampy places in Akron and Columbia townships.' ( J. A. Davis. 



Carex lupulina Muhl. Hop sedge. In wet mostly open places aear 

 Murphy's Lake Probably frequent throughout. 



