DIVERSITY OF LIFE

TOMPKINS COUNTY FLORA

Carex hirta L.	Mitchell NY NYFA TC USDA NY accepted accepted accepted

Hammer Sedge
Cyperaceae

CAYUGA FLORA (1926) NOTES: Gravelly and stony soils, in railroad ballast; very rare. D.L. & W.R.R. roadbed on South Hill w. of Aurora St., detected 1882, but may have been growing there for ten years (D.); same station, 1894-1900 ( K. M. W.); Ithaca, 1868 (H. B. Lord in C.U. Herb.). E. Mass. to cent. N. Y. and Pa.; local. Adventive from Eu.

BH SPECIMENS FOR Carex hirta (this list may be incomplete)

Ithaca, just west of Cayuga Street, opposite southwestern end of Morse Chain Works, on north slope of D.L. & W.R.R. embankment, large patch in gravel, 17 Jul 1938, Clausen 3494 (BH 238611);

Ithaca, South Hill, near the incline plane on the D.L. & W.R.R., 11 Jul 1882, Kilborne (BH 238609);

Ithaca, 1868, Lord (BH 6499);

Ithaca, South Hill, railroad embankment, 18 Jun 1937, Wahl 24298 (BH 238612);

South Hill near incline, 15 Jun 1895, Wiegand (BH 6500);

Ithaca, South Hill, railroad and reservoir, 15 Jun 1895, Wiegand (BH 238610);

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