Carex leavenworthii Dewey

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Fort Bend Co.

• City/Township

  Sugar Land

• Locality

  ca. 200-500 ft. S of Old Richmond Road from points ca. 500-800 feet E of Red Gully. NW corner of Cullinan Park in Sugar Land

• Elevation

  Alt. 24 - 26 m. (79 - 85 ft.)

• Coordinates

  29.6339, -95.6712

• Distribution

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FLORA OF TEXAS
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Carex leavenworthii Dewey
CYPERACEAE
FORT BEND CO.: perennial; culms numerous from base,
rare in herbaceous vegetation nearly completely covered at
present by dense growth of Rubus trivialis and Vitis
mustangensis; in abandoned field (formerly cultivated?) on
essentially level upland underlain by Quaternary alluvium,
on soils mapped as deep, well drained, loamy fine sand
(Kenney Series, Grossarenic Paleudalfs), ca. 200-500 ft. S of
Old Richmond Road from points ca. 500-800 feet E of Red
Gully, at N29°38’02.2”, W095°40’16.4”. Elev. 80-85 ft.
NW comer of Cullinan Park in Sugar Land.
Associates included Argemone albiflora, Carex 34543, Cnidoscolus
texanus, Eupatorium compositifolium, Galium aparine, Medicago
lupulina, Passiflora incamata, Rumex hastatulus, Senecio ampullaceus,
Torilis nodosa, Valerianella radiata, Vicia ludoviciana.
W. R. Carr
#34560
27 March 2015
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