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Checklist of the Vascular Plants of <strong>Niagara</strong> Regional Municipality, Ontario(M.J. Oldham March 2010)SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME NIAG NIAGARA NOTES HAMI HANO COSEWIC MNR SRANK FAMILYCarex sterilis Willd. Sterile Sedge RCarex stipata Muhlenb. exWilld.Carex stricta Lam. Tussock Sedge UCarex swanii (Fern.)MackenzieA rare sedge of calcareous seepagesand open fens. Several early reports(e.g. Day 1888, Panton 1890, Macoun1883-1892, Zenkert 1934, Heimburger1955). S. Varga #62-93 (TRT) fromShort Hills in 1993.-- -- S4 CYPERACEAEAwl-fruited Sedge C Common in wet places. C C S5 CYPERACEAESwan's SedgeCarex sylvatica Hudson Wood SedgeCarex tenera Dewey Slender Sedge CCarex tetanica Schkuhr exWilld.Carex tonsa (Fern.) Bickn.var. rugosperma (Mack.)CrinsRigid SedgeWrinkled-seededSedgeUIRRRA large, tussock-forming sedge of openwetlands, uncommon in the <strong>Niagara</strong>Region. T.W. Smith #170 (HAM) fromShort Hills Sanctuary in 1999.Uncommon in dry, open ground. M.J.Oldham #32690 (MICH) from ParadiseGrove in 2006. Formerly consideredprovincially rare (Argus et al. 1982-1987).A rare European introduction in Ontario,reported from Queenston Heights byReznicek and Catling (1984) based on a1980 specimen and still present in theQueenston area (M.J. Oldham #32423,MICH, from Locust Grove Park in2006).Common in open or lightly wooded<strong>areas</strong>.Rare in seepages, wet meadows, andprairie remnants. M.J. Oldham#32616 (MICH) from the <strong>Niagara</strong>River Whirlpool in 2006 is the onlyregional record.In or rocky or sandy open ground.Similar to C. umbellata. S. Varga #77-93 (TRT) from Short Hills ProvincialPark in 1993. = Carex rugosperma.C C S5 CYPERACEAE-- C S4 CYPERACEAE-- I SE2 CYPERACEAEC C S5 CYPERACEAE-- R2 S3 CYPERACEAER1 VU S5 CYPERACEAECarex tribuloides Wahlenb. Blunt-broom Sedge U Moist woods and swamps. C C S4S5 CYPERACEAENatural Heritage Areas Inventory, 2010 9-80

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