Carex crus-corvi Shuttw.

Locations ofCarex crus-corvi Shuttw. in Virginia

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Family
Cyperaceae
Botanical Name
Carex crus-corvi Shuttw.
Common Name
Crowfoot Sedge, Ravenfoot Sedge
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Carex crus-corvi Shuttw.
Comments
The main range of this large and striking sedge is in bottomlands of the Midwest and Gulf Coast states. Scattered disjunctions occur on the Atlantic Coastal Plain from se. Virginia to s. South Carolina.
Habitat
Alluvial swamps and bottomland clearings; especially characteristic of shallowly seasonally flooded sloughs and bottoms under hydrophytic oaks (e. g., Quercus lyrata) and Carya aquatica. Rare in the inner Coastal Plain of se. Virginia but may be numerous where found; known only from bottomlands of the Meherrin and Nottoway rivers and their major tributaries in Greensville, Southampton, and Sussex counties.
Native Status
Native

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