PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 



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Carex laxiflora Lam. 



Loose flowered sedge 



Borders of woods, thickets and clearings. South end of Lake Placid. 

 June. 



C. laxiflora var. patulifolia {Dewey) Carey 

 With the typical form. 



C. laxiflora var. varians Bailey 

 Woods and clearings. Common. 



Carex plantaginea Lam. 

 Plantain leaf sedge 

 Wooded hillside near Wood's sap works. June. 



Carex altocaulis (Dewey) Britton 

 C. Saltuensis Bailey 

 Sheathed sedge 



Swampy woods east of Wood farm. Rare. June. The other known 

 locality for this sedge in our state is Bergen swamp in Genesee county. 



Carex pedunculata Muhl. 

 Long stalkfd sedge 

 Woods between the south end of Lake Placid and Newman. June. 



Carex scirpoidea Mx. 



SCIRPUS-LIKE SEDGE 



Top of Wallface mountain. June and July. 



Carex deflexa Hornem. 



C. deflexa var. Deanei Bailey 



Northern sedge 



Lumber road near Mud pond, and Notch road. June. The small 

 form of the species, which in the Manual is taken as the typical form, 

 occurs occasionally on the mountain sides. Its staminate spike is less 

 conspicuous. It was collected many years ago on the south side of Mt 

 Whiteface. 



