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Carex lacustris

Family:Cyperaceae
Species:Carex lacustris Willd.
Common Name:lake sedge
Habitat:Fens, marshes, sedge meadows, edges of streams, shrub swamps, and openings in forested swamps. Sometimes forming extensive monospecific thickets. Prefers rich calcareous soils although it is not restricted to these sites. Often occurs with few fertile culms and the amount of flowering/fruiting appears to be either cyclical or dependant on seasonal climatic events.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Graminoid
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NCNE), OBL (EMP), S5 (State Rank), G5 (Global Rank), CoC: 5
References:**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

SupraordinalMonocots
Order Poales
FamilyCyperaceae
Genus Carex
SpeciesCarex lacustris Willd. - lake sedge

Citation

Citation Carex lacustris Willd.
Basionym: **
Type: **

** Not applicable or data not available.

Source

CountyYearHerbariaNotesSubmission Info
Albany1990 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Albany  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Albany1992 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Albany1921 BKL – BKL00052407
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Allegany  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Broome2009 BING
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  1/18/2020 - BING (Julian Shepherd)
Broome2005 BING
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  1/18/2020 - BING (Julian Shepherd)
Broome2010 BING
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  1/18/2020 - BING (Julian Shepherd)
Cattaraugus1940 ROCH – barcode: 1447
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Cattaraugus  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Chenango2016 SUCO – 004022
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  11/25/2023 - Connie Tedesco
Clinton  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Clinton1951 BKL – BKL00052405
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Columbia  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Columbia1991 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Dutchess1989 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Dutchess  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Erie  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Fulton2007 NYS – 157
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  12/22/2009 - Donna Vogler
Genesee  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Genesee1945 ROCH – barcode: 1453
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Genesee1948 ROCH – barcode: 1454
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Genesee1865 ROCH – barcode: 1452
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Greene  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Herkimer  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Herkimer1917 ROCH – barcode: 1456
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Lewis1993 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Lewis  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Livingston  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Madison  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Monroe  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Monroe1866 ROCH – barcode: 1446
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
unsure county and town data 4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Monroe1877 ROCH – barcode: 1459
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Monroe1895 ROCH – barcode: 1461
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Monroe1915 ROCH – barcode: 1457
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Monroe1916 ROCH – barcode: 1455
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Monroe1917 ROCH – barcode: 1444
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Monroe1940 ROCH – barcode: 1448
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Monroe1940 ROCH – barcode: 1449
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Monroe1941 ROCH – barcode: 1458
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Nassau1893 BKL – BKL00041311
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Oneida1993 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Oneida  BKL – BKL00052406
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Oneida  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Oneida1917 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Onondaga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Onondaga1951 RCFS – accession # 11149
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Onondaga1949 RCFS – accession # 11150
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Ontario  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Ontario1978 FLH
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris var. lacustris
  3/13/2022 - FLH (Bruce Gilman)
Ontario1978 FLH
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris var. lacustris
  3/13/2022 - FLH (Bruce Gilman)
Ontario1978 FLH
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris var. lacustris
  3/13/2022 - FLH (Bruce Gilman)
Ontario1978 FLH
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris var. lacustris
  3/13/2022 - FLH (Bruce Gilman)
Orange1993 BKL – BKL00041309
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Orange  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Orange1993 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Orange2008 BKL – BKL00089958
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Orange1990 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Orleans  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Oswego1997 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Oswego  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Oswego1997 RCFS – accession # 12365
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Oswego1997 RCFS – accession # 12377
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Oswego1999 RCFS – accession # 12750
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Otsego  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Putnam1989 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Putnam  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Putnam1989 BKL – BKL00041314
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens  BKL – BKL00041310
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Rensselaer  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Saratoga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Schenectady  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Schoharie  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Schuyler1918 BH
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
Werier (2017) voucher!; A. Gershoy 9531 3/6/2018 - David Werier
Seneca  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Seneca1994 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
St. Lawrence1990 ESF
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
  Anne Johnson
St. Lawrence1991 ESF
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
  Anne Johnson
St. Lawrence1988 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
St. Lawrence1993 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
St. Lawrence  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
St. Lawrence1996 BH
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
  Anne Johnson
Steuben  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Suffolk  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Tioga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Tompkins1884 BKL – BKL00052409
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Tompkins1884 BKL – BKL00052408
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Tompkins  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Tompkins1919 ROCH – barcode: 1460
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Tompkins2004 BING
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  1/18/2020 - BING (Julian Shepherd)
Ulster1994 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Ulster  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Ulster1996 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Warren1972 BING
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  1/18/2020 - BING (Julian Shepherd)
Washington1991 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Washington  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Wayne  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Wayneno year ROCH – barcode: 1451
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Westchester2007 BKL – BKL00085850
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Westchester2008 BKL – BKL00089734
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Westchester2008 BKL – BKL00089731
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Yates  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Carex lacustris
   
Yatesno year ROCH – barcode: 2493
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Yates  BKL – BKL00052340
Herbarium Name Used: Carex lacustris
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymTypeNotes
Carex hyalinolepis Carex hyalinolepis Steud. misapplied