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Carex xanthocarpa Bioknell 
Roadsides, wet meadows and pastures. Albany, Rensselaer and 
Saratoga counties. Not rare, but formerly united with C. vulpinoidea, 
from which it may be distinguished by its long culm commonly 
exceeding the leaves and by its larger perigynia. 
Carex brunnescens ( Pers .) Poir. 
Summits of the high peaks of the Adirondack mountains. July 
and August. Formerly considered a variety of C. canescens, but 
easily distinguished from it. It has several synonyms. 
Carex festucacea Willd. 
Columbia and Sullivan counties. June and July. In the Manual 
this is included under C. straminea brevior. 
Carex Bicknellii Britton 
Dry, sandy soil. Saratoga county. July. 
Carex costellata Britton 
Thin woods, clearings and copses. Rensselaer and Suffolk coun¬ 
ties. July. This was formerly included with C. virescens, of which, 
in New York state flora it was considered a luxuriant state not even 
worthy of being called a variety. 
Panicum boreale Nash 
Along streams and in wet places. Outlet of Lake Hamilton, 
Adirondack mountains. July. 
Panicum lanuginosum Ell. 
Thin woods. Albany and Saratoga counties. July. 
Elymus intermedius ( Vasey ) Scrib. & Sm. 
North Greenbush, Rensselaer county; Riverhead, Suffolk county 
and Rathboneville, Steuben county. July. 
Picea brevifolia P/c. 
Plate A 
Swamps and marshes. Adirondack mountains, Schoharie and 
Wyoming counties. June. 
