DIVERSITY OF LIFE

TOMPKINS COUNTY FLORA

Carex pensylvanica Lam.	Mitchell NY NYFA TC USDA NY accepted accepted accepted

Pennsylvania Sedge
Cyperaceae

CAYUGA FLORA (1926) NOTES: Dry banks and open woods, in sandy or gravelly acid soils; common. May 10-June 10. On the light noncalcareous soils w., s., and s. e. of Ithaca, on the stony soils along the slopes of Cayuga Lake and on the ravine crests, and on the sandy soil n. of the lake; more local in the gravels of the McLean district; rare on the clays and richer soils back from the lake shores. N.B. to Alberta, southw. to N.C. and Tenn.; common on the Coastal Plain.

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

Town of Dryden, 107 Neimi Road, Five Wells Nature Preserve, east, Southwest Woods, near big Populus deltoides, north of creek, moist, part shade, 29 Apr 1999, Dilger WCD1549 (BH 112432);

Cascadilla Woods, , Wiegand (BH 23548);

Ithaca, 17 May 1889, Bailey (BH 5267);

Ithaca, 26 May 1889, Bailey (BH 6522);

West Danby, Thatcher Pinnacles, western slope of highest pinnacle, 5 May 1957, Clausen (BH 2392);

Ithaca, Six Mile Creek ravine, Jun 1872, Dudley (BH 2405);

south of Ithaca, Buttermilk, woods, 18 May 1882, Kilborne (BH 6521);

south of Esty Glen, bank of ravine, 20 May 1882, Kilborne (BH 2395);

Ithaca, Renwick Slope, 19 May 1893, Rowlee (BH 2397);

Ithaca, 22 May 1894, Rowlee (BH 2398);

Town of Dryden, Turkey Hill, along utility corridor north of Ellis Hollow Creek Rd. and south of Mt. Pleasant Rd., Utility line right of way on steep S facing slope with Anthoxanthum odoratum, Carex pensylvanica, Dichanthelium dicotomum, Hypoxis hisuta, and Comandra umbellata, 12 May 2006, Werier 2933 (BH 236051);

Town of Dryden, McLean, McLean Preserve, dry woods, 25 Apr 1974, Wesley FRW517 (BH 2400);

West Danby, Thatchers Pinnacles, top of slope, dry rocky soil, 26 Apr 1974, Wesley FRW519 (BH 2402);

West Danby, Thatchers Pinnacles, top of slope, dry rocky soil, 26 Apr 1974, Wesley FRW519 (BH 2401);

Ithaca, Fall Creek, 19 May 1893, Wiegand (BH 2403);

Ithaca, Cayuga Heights, Cayuga Heights Road, near second iron bridge, rich woods, 5 Jun 1914, Wiegand 1870 (BH 2394);

south of Ithaca, Lick Brook, 9 May 1895, Wiegand (BH 2396);

Lansing, rocky crests of Shurger Glen, , Wiegand & Wiegand (BH 2393);

Newfield, on Key Hill, woods, 11 Jun 1936, Wilson & Clausen 2182 (BH 2404);

Newfield, on Key Hill, woods, 11 Jun 1936, Wilson & Clausen 2182 (BH 2399);

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