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Minn. valley: Forest district; wet meadows and along 
streams. 
HERB.: Kassube 268, Ramsey Co. 
Carex aquatilis WauL. K. Acad. Handl. XXIV, 165 (1802). 
Vignea aquatilis Retcu. Fl. Exc. 140 (1830.) 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 600; Mac., Fl. Can. 1], 143; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 155; Coult., Fl. Colo. 388; Britt., Fl. N. J. 271; Herd., Fl. Eur. 
Russ, 142; Richt., Pl. Eur. 155; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 455; Wats., King Exp. 
368; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 277; Bail., Syn. Car. 84; Hart, Fl. Scand. I, 466; 
Rothr., Alask. 457. 
Arctic and Northern Europe. 
North America: Greenland, N. S., N. Br., Ont. to 
Hudson Bay, Man., Brit. Col. and Vancouver; Alaska; S. to N. 
Eng. and Minn. and N. J. 
Minn. valley: Forest district to New Ulm; infrequent 
or local; margins of ponds and rivers. 
HERB.: Batley 145, Vermilion lake; Sandberg 540, 
Minnesota. 
Carex stricta Lam. Enc. Meth. III, 387 (1789). 
C. acuta Pursu, Fl. Am. I, 38 (1814). 
C. angustata Boorr, Hook., Fl. Bor.-Am. II, 218 (1840). 
C. strictior Dew. Wood, Bot. 755 (1861). 
C. virginiana var. elongata Borck. Linn. NL, 432 (1875). 
C. vulgaris BAIL. Upham, Fl. Minn. 155 (1884). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 599; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 144; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 98?; Bail., Typ. Car. 70, 71, 72; Chap., Fl. 5. St. 535; Britt., Fl. N. 
J. 271; Engl. Pax, Nat. Pfianz. IT, 2, 124; Bail., Syn. Car. 84. 
North America: Newf., N. S., N. Br., Q. Ont., to 
Man.; S. to N. Eng., N. J. and Va.; W. to Minn. and Neb.? 
Minn. valley: Forest district; Ft. Snelling; to Blue 
Earth Co.; moist banks of streams and lakes. 
HerB.: Ballard 8a, Zumbrota; Ballard 3a, Goodhue 
Co.; Kassube 263, Minneapolis; Roberts 261, Agate Bay. 
Carex fusca ALL. Ped. Fl. 2324 (1785). 
C. buzbaumii WAHL. K. Acad. Handl. XXIV, 163 (1802). 
C. canescens Hook. FI. Bor.-Am. II, 216 (1840). 
Wats. and Coult , Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 599; Upham, Fl. Minn. 156; Britt., 
Fl. N. J. 271; Bail., Typ Car. 60; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 134; Chap., Fl. 8. St. 
537; Wats., Fl. Calif. IJ, 238; Bail., Syn. Car. 77; Coult., Fl. Colo. 387; 
Richt., Pl. Eur. 168; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 453; Wats., King Exp. 471; Roth., 
Wheel. Exp. 278; Engl. Pax, Nat. Pflanz. II, 2, 125; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 
463; Rothr., Alask. 457. 
Arctic and Alpine Europe; N. Asia; Alpine Australia. 
North America: Newf., Hudson Bay and Sitka, Alaska; 
S. to Arizona and New Mex. in Rocky mts.; 8. to N. Eng., N. 
J., Penn. and mts. of Ga.; W. to Minn., Ill. and Dak. 
