Carex gigantea Rudge

Locations ofCarex gigantea Rudge in Virginia

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Family
Cyperaceae
Botanical Name
Carex gigantea Rudge
Common Name
Giant Sedge
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Carex gigantea Rudge
Comments
Habitat
Alluvial swamps, nonriverine swamps and wet flatwoods, depression swamps and ponds, and seasonally flooded bottomland clearings. Frequent in the s. Coastal Plain, south of the James River; rare in the c. Coastal Plain and se. Piedmont; disjunct to a sinkhole pond in the western Piedmont of Loudoun Co.
Native Status
Native

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