422 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Low woods. Montgomery County, Pentulalla 
Creek. Infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Pensylvania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex tribuloides turbata Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 1:55. 1889. 
BLUNT BROOM SEDGE. 
Carex lagopodioides var. Boott, Ill. 3: 117, ¢. 371, f. 1. 1862. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern New England to Michigan; south to 
Alabama and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Coast plain and open marshes. Dallas County, 
Uniontown, in low wet woods. Mobile County, river marshes. May, June; not rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘Shady copses and woods, Massachusetts to Michigan and south- 
ward to Alabama, Mohr, and Louisiana, Langlois.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex scoparia Schk. Riedgr. Nacht. 20, f. 175. 1806. PoinTeD Broom SEDGE. 
Carex scoparia var. minor Boott, Ill. 3:116, ¢. 369. 1862. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia and Manitoba; New England, 
west to Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado; south along the mountains, to North 
Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Blount County, Mulberry River. June; rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in America boreali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex albolutescens Schwein. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 1:66, 1824. Bailey, Bull. Torr. 
Club, 20: 422. 1893. GREENISH-WHITE SEDGE. 
Carex straminea var. foenea Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 3:395. 1836. Not C. foenea 
Willd. 1809. z 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 622. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 484. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. From Florida along the coast to New England; 
(Mount Desert Island) west along the Gulf shore to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain and Littoral region. Marshes, ditches. Mobile and Bald- 
win counties. May, June; common. 
Type locality: ‘Carolina and Pennsylvania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex festucacea Willd. Sp. Pl. 4:242. 1805. FEscur SEDGE. 
Carex straminea Schk. Riedgr. Nacht. 23, f. 174, 1806. 
C, straminea var. brevior Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. 11:158. 1826. 
C. straminea festucacea Tuckerm. Enum. Meth. 18. 1843. 
C. straminea typica Boott, 1. 3:121, t. 387. 1862. 
‘ a Sk. 2:535. Gray, Man. ed. 6,622. Chap. F1.535. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
MEXxIco. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario; New England west to Michigan, Min- 
nesota, Dakota, and Nebraska; south from New York to Florida and west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Undoubtedly over the State. Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry 
woods, copses. Tuscaloosa County (i. 4. Smith). Mobile County, Springhill. April 
May; frequent. : 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in America boreali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex alata Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 3: 396. 1836. BROAD-WINGED SEDGE. 
Carex straminea alata (Torr.) Bailey, Carex Cat. 1884. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 622. Chap. F 1.535. Britt. & Brown, IIL. Fl. 1:359. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area, Ontario west to Manitoba; New England 
(Mount Desert Island) to Michigan, southern Illinois, and along the coast south to 
Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Swamps. Mobile County, river 
to 5 feet high. Frequent. ‘i seid Gi Rak Sas 
Type locality: ‘‘ Newbern, N. C., Mr. Croom!; Macon, Georgia, Dr. is!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. : : nero eoe 
