PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 145 



Carex sterilis Willd. 

 C. echinata var. microstachys Boeckl., C. echi?iata var. angustata Bailey 

 Little prickly sedge 

 Low meadows and along streams. Common. June and July. 



C. sterilis cephalantha Bailey 

 With the typical form but less common. 



Carex canescens L. 



Silvery sedge 



Swamps and shores. Round lake, Marsh pond and Wood farm swamp. 

 June. 



Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. 



C. canescens var. alpicola Wahl. 



Brownish sedge 



Top of Mt Mclntyre. It is found on the top of Mt Marcy also. 

 July and August. 



C. brunnescens gracilior Britton 



C. canescens var. vulgaris Bailey 



Very plentiful in woods and open places in either wet or dry soil. 

 June. This sedge is closely allied to the two species with which it has 

 been associated as a variety by different authors. It is probably a dis- 

 tinct species. It maintains its characters when growing side by side 

 with C. canescens, and it fruits earlier than C. brunnescens and is less rigid 

 and less brown- in maturity. 



Carex trisperma Dewey 

 Three fruited sedge 

 Swampy woods and open bogs. Common. July. 



Carex Deweyana Schw. 

 Dewey's sedge 

 Dry soil in woods and pastures. Common. June. 



Carex tribuloides moniliformis (Tuckm,) Britton 

 C. tribuloides var. reducta Bailey 

 Blunt brown sedge 

 Thin woods and clearings. Common. July and August. The typical 

 form of the species has not been found here so far as I know. 



