Carex juniperorum Catling, Rezn., & Crins
Detail
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Botanical Name
- Carex juniperorum Catling, Rezn., & Crins
- Common Name
- Juniper Sedge
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Carex juniperorum Catling
- Comments
- This sedge was named as new to science in 1993; see Syst. Bot. 19: 497. The Virginia populations are remarkably disjunct from the Kentucky-Ohio border area and Ontario. The first-discovered Virginia occurrence (Montgomery Co.) is reported in Castanea 69:145-146 (2004). It was subsequently found by J.F. Townsend in Botetourt Co. in 2004.
- Habitat
- Rocky dolostone or limestone woodlands and, less frequently, barrens; sometimes in areas with periodic or ephemeral seepage; the few known populations are on dolostone of the Elbrook Formation, but the species could occur on other carbonate formations. Rare, sw. mountains; known from Botetourt and Montgomery counties (Ridge and Valley province).
- Native Status
- Native
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