Carex vulpinoidea

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Family:CYPERACEAE
Species:Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
Common Name:Common Fox Sedge
Habitat:Wet open sites.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyCYPERACEAE - Sedge family
Genus Carex
Species Carex vulpinoidea Michx. - Common Fox Sedge

Citation

Citation Carex vulpinoidea Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 169. 1803.
Basionym: **
Type: "Canada et Nova Anglia",

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Carex annectens Carex annectens (E. P. Bicknell) E. P. Bicknell, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 35: 492. 1908.Carex xanthocarpa E. P. Bicknell, var. annectens E. P. Bicknell 1896. 
Carex annectens var. xanthocarpa Carex annectens (E. P. Bicknell) E. P. Bicknell, var. xanthocarpa (Kükenthal) Wiegand, Rhodora 24: 74. 1922.Carex vulpinoidea Michaux, var. xanthocarpa Kükenthal 1909; Carex xanthocarpa E. P. Bicknell 1896, non Degland 1807. 
Carex annectens var. ambigua Carex annectens (E. P. Bicknell) E. P. Bicknell, var. ambigua (Barratt ex Boott) Gleason, Phytologia 4: 22. 1952.Carex vulpinoidea Michaux, var. ambigua Barratt ex Boott 1862. 
Carex bicknellii Carex bicknellii E. G. Camus, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 239. 1910, non Britton 1896.Carex xanthocarpa E. P. Bicknell 1896, non Degland 1807. 
Carex brachyglossa Carex brachyglossa Mackenzie, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 50: 355. 1923.Carex xanthocarpa E. P. Bicknell 1896, non Degland 1807. 
Carex bracteosa Carex bracteosa Schweinitz, Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 65. 1825. NORTH CAROLINA: Without data (lectotype: NY). Lectotypified by Mackenzie, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 18: 70. 1931.
Carex longebracteata Carex longebracteata Hornemann, Hort. Bot. Hafn. 881. 1815.  
Carex microsperma Carex microsperma Wahlenberg, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 144. 1803. PENNSYLVANIA
Carex multiflora Carex multiflora Muhlenberg ex Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4: 243. 1805. PENNSYLVANIA
Carex multiflora var. microsperma Carex multiflora Muhlenberg ex Willdenow, var. microsperma (Wahlenberg) Dewey, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 11: 317. 1826.Carex microsperma Wahlenberg 1803. 
Carex polymorpha Carex polymorpha Schweinitz, Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 65. 1824, non Muhlenberg 1817.  
Carex scabrior Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Dewey, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 58: 349. 1849. NEW YORK: Yates Co.: Penn Yan,
Carex setacea Carex setacea Dewey, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 9: 61, pl. B(5). 1825. MASSACHUSETTS
Carex setacea var. ambigua Carex setacea Dewey, var. ambigua (Barratt ex Boott) Fernald, Rhodora 8: 167. 1906.Carex vulpinoidea Michaux, var. ambigua Barratt ex Boott 1862. 
Carex triangularis Carex triangularis Boeckeler, Flora 39: 226. 1856. TEXAS: Rio Brazos,
Carex vulpinaeformis Carex vulpinaeformis Tuckerman, Enum. Meth. Caric. 9. 1843, nom. illegit.Carex vulpinoidea Michaux 1803. 
Carex vulpinoidea var. annectens Carex vulpinoidea Michaux, var. annectens (E. P. Bicknell) Farwell, Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 1: 91. 1923.Carex xanthocarpa E. P. Bicknell, var. annectens E. P. Bicknell 1896. 
Carex vulpinoidea var. ambigua Carex vulpinoidea Michaux, var. ambigua Barratt ex Boott, Ill. Carex 125, pl. 406. 1862. CONNECTICUT
Carex vulpinoidea var. drummondiana Carex vulpinoidea Michaux, var. drummondiana Boeckeler, Linnaea 39: 96. 1875.Carex triangularis Boeckeler 1856. 
Carex vulpinoidea var. microsperma Carex vulpinoidea Michaux, var. microsperma (Wahlenberg) Dewey, in A. W. Wood, Class-Book, ed. 2. 577. 1847.Carex microsperma Wahlenberg 1803. 
Carex vulpinoidea var. scabrior Carex vulpinoidea Michaux, var. scabrior (Sartwell ex Dewey) A. W. Wood, Amer. Bot. Fl. 371. 1870.Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Dewey 1849. 
Carex vulpinoidea var. segregata Carex vulpinoidea Michaux, var. segregata Farwell, Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 22: 180. 1921. MICHIGAN: Monroe Co.: Dundee, 15 Jul 1919, Farwell 5302 (lectotype: BLH; isolectotype: MICH). Lectotypified by Mackenzie, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 18: 70. 1931.
Carex vulpinoidea var. setacea Carex vulpinoidea Michaux, var. setacea (Dewey) Kükenthal, in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4(Heft 38): 148. 1909.Carex setacea Dewey 1825. 
Carex vulpinoidea var. triangularis Carex vulpinoidea Michaux, var. triangularis (Boeckeler) Kükenthal, in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4(Heft 38): 148. 1909, nom. illegit.Carex vulpinoidea Michaux, var. drummondiana Boeckeler 1875; Carex triangularis Boeckeler 1856. 
Carex vulpinoidea var. xanthocarpa Carex vulpinoidea Michaux, var. xanthocarpa Kükenthal, in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4(Heft 38): 148. 1909.Carex xanthocarpa E. P. Bicknell 1896, non Degland 1807. 
Carex xanthocarpa Carex xanthocarpa E. P. Bicknell, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 22. 1896, non Degland 1807. MASSACHUSETTS/OHIO:
Carex xanthocarpa var. annectens Carex xanthocarpa E. P. Bicknell, var. annectens E. P. Bicknell, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 23. 1896. NEW YORK
Vignea setacea Vignea setacea (Dewey) Rafinesque, Good Book 27. 1840.Carex setacea Dewey 1825. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Cullman, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Madison, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Morgan, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, NY, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1883 - 2019

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
USAM000004368 Mobile 02 May 1981 LeLong, Michel G.
11990		 USAM
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UNA00045787 Barbour 26 May 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11269		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
UWAL0044669 Lauderdale 28 May 2019 England, J. Kevin
10289		 UWAL
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111829 Calhoun 30 Jun 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11275		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
SAMF0001146 Jefferson 19 Apr 2004 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3078		 SAMF
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
AUA000024743 Lee 13 May 2009 Hansen, Curtis J.
3902		 AUA
Carex Vulpinoidea Michx.
JSU111848 Marshall 24 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5071		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
AUA000020375 Marshall 27 Jul 1962 Dakin, M.E.
 AUA
Carex Vulpinoidea Michx.
UNA00001601 Cleburne 01 Jul 1979 Haynes, Robert R.
7336		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
UNA00001687 Blount 04 Jun 1979 Wiersema, John H.
803		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
AUA000039550 Morgan 5 Jun 2016 England, J. Kevin
6524		 AUA
Carex Vulpinoidea Michx.
UNA00001631 Mobile s.d. Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
JSU111834 Franklin 14 May 1993 Whetstone, R. David
16169		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
ALNHS00006277 DeKalb 06 May 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4432		 ALNHS
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
USAM000004367 Morgan 03 Jun 1969 Kral, Robert
34887		 USAM
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111831 Colbert 6 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4331		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UNA00001626 Blount 24 Jun 1883 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
SAMF0001142 Blount 03 Jun 2005 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3210		 SAMF
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UWAL0032603 Morgan 05 Jun 2016 England, J. Kevin
6524		 UWAL
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111844 Limestone 29 Jun 1996 Ballard, J. Mark
5970		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
ALNHS00006279 Limestone 15 May 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4139		 ALNHS
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
JSU111838 Jefferson 28 May 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
237		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UNA00001692 Calhoun 07 May 1979 Wiersema, John H.
687		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
JSU111845 Madison 10 Jun 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
1787		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
NY02310925 Morgan 04 Jun 1979 John H. Wiersema
797		 NY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UNA00001691 Henry 13 Jun 1979 Wiersema, John H.
874		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
UNA00050658 Marshall 21 May 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
1792		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
UWAL0048143 Bullock 02 May 2017 Horne, Howard E.
3878		 UWAL
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
TROY000010293 Coffee 18 May 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17599		 TROY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
USAM000004364 Mobile 02 May 1981 LeLong, Michel G.
11990		 USAM
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UWAL0014810 Butler 22 Apr 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22960		 UWAL
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
SAMF0001141 Jackson 03 Jun 2006 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3456a		 SAMF
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
ALNHS00001715 Dallas 14 Apr 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-544		 ALNHS
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
JSU111833 Etowah 21 Apr 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9762		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
TROY000025254 Chilton 16 Jun 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15437		 TROY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111828 Calhoun 22 Jun 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11367		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
TROY000036092 Montgomery 12 Apr 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22920		 TROY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111846 Madison 10 Jun 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
1824		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
NY02311036 Lawrence 23 May 1974 R. D. Whetstone
3134		 NY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UNA00001705 Shelby 21 Jun 1980 Wiersema, John H.
1948		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
JSU111849 Randolph 4 Jul 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
3951		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UNA00050650 Marshall 21 May 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
1825		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
UNA00001682 Madison 17 May 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
523		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
USAM000004365 Mobile 02 May 1981 LeLong, Michel G.
11990		 USAM
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UWAL0005670 Calhoun 04 May 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12864		 UWAL
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
SAMF0001147 Clay 22 Jun 1980 Davenport, Lawrence J.
1990		 SAMF
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
TROY000049601 Autauga 02 May 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
732		 TROY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111842 Lauderdale 29 Jun 1996 Whetstone, R. David
18156		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
TROY000029582 Montgomery 10 May 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20675		 TROY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111839 Lawrence 25 May 1996 Whetstone, R. David
17698		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
TROY000010295 Coffee 03 May 2000 Martin, Brian H.
650		 TROY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111841 Lawrence 23 May 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3134		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
TROY000029575 Montgomery 27 Apr 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20625		 TROY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111851 St. Clair 15 May 1984 Baldwin, D. Dean
s.n.		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
NY02310500 Montgomery 13 May 2004 Robert Kral
95136		 NY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UNA00001646 Limestone 03 Jun 1979 Wiersema, John H.
777		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
JSU111854 Tuscaloosa 12 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4686		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UNA00067203 Coffee 18 May 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17599		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
UNA00001671 Limestone 20 May 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
559		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
SAMF0001374 Etowah 09 Apr 2012 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5119		 SAMF
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111832 Colbert 6 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4331		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
TROY000041204 Elmore 23 Mar 2012 Pullen, Robert
351		 TROY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UNA00058422 Blount 24 May 1998 Keener, Brian R.
842		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
SAMF0001145 Walker 02 Jun 2010 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4295		 SAMF
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UWAL0047808 Madison 06 Jun 2020 England, J. Kevin
11063		 UWAL
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111852 Talladega 27 May 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4029		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UNA00059919 Limestone 26 May 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
8931		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx. var. vulpinoidea
USAM000004369 Greene 06 Jun 1977 LeLong, Michel G.
9816		 USAM
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UNA00001676 Jackson 08 May 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
459		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
UWAL0037193 DeKalb 14 May 2016 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14615		 UWAL
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
UNA00001710 Barbour 12 Jun 1979 Wiersema, John H.
859		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
TROY000025405 Montgomery 13 May 2004 Kral, Robert
95136		 TROY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UWAL0014781 Montgomery 12 Apr 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22920		 UWAL
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UWAL0002012 Montgomery 27 Apr 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20633		 UWAL
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111836 Jackson 4 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4236		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
TROY000037485 Bullock 24 May 2012 Dykes, Bailee
748		 TROY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UWAL0050204 Autauga 02 May 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
732		 UWAL
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
SAMF0001143 Elmore 02 Jun 2004 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3099		 SAMF
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UWAL0002015 Montgomery 10 May 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20675		 UWAL
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
SAMF0006114 Pickens 19 Apr 2016 Davenport, Lawrence J.
6183		 SAMF
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
AUA000041709 Cullman 14 Jul 1907 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Carex Vulpinoidea Michx.
AUA000020374 Lee 18 Jul 1962 Gramlich, Jim
 AUA
Carex Vulpinoidea Michx.
AUA000038264 Limestone 2 Jun 2017 England, J. Kevin
7889		 AUA
Carex Vulpinoidea Michx.
UNA00001656 Montgomery 11 Jun 1979 Wiersema, John H.
811		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
UNA00001696 Dallas 31 May 1980 Wiersema, John H.
1906		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
AUA000020377 Tallapoosa 11 Apr 1997 Tyler, Patricia J.
TYLER34		 AUA
Carex Vulpinoidea Michx.
UWAL0056580 Bibb 28 May 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11237		 UWAL
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111830 Calhoun 15 Jul 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11445		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
TROY000036258 Butler 22 Apr 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22960		 TROY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111837 Jackson 4 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4236		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
TROY000038323 Bullock 24 May 2012 Dykes, Bailee
748		 TROY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UNA00001636 Lee s.d. Baker, Charles F.
543		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
SAMF0003111 Hale 02 Jun 2015 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5780		 SAMF
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UWAL0035001 Limestone 02 Jun 2017 England, J. Kevin
7889		 UWAL
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111850 St. Clair 14 Jun 1997 Ballard, J. Mark
7195		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UNA00061252 Etowah 24 Apr 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11769		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx. var. vulpinoidea
SAMF0001144 Montgomery 18 Jun 2010 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4335		 SAMF
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UWAL0001842 Montgomery 18 Jun 2010 Davenport, L.J.
4335		 UWAL
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UWAL0035664 Pickens 19 Apr 2016 Davenport, L.J.
6183		 UWAL
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UNA00001697 Chambers 12 Jun 1979 Wiersema, John H.
842		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
TROY000052088 Lowndes 30 Apr 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
28900		 TROY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UWAL0011431 Etowah 09 Apr 2012 Davenport, L.J.
5119		 UWAL
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
TROY000010294 Coffee 22 May 2000 Martin, Brian H.
721		 TROY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
AUA000020376 Pike 24 May 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4858		 AUA
Carex Vulpinoidea Michx.
TROY000025253 Blount 24 May 1998 Keener, Brian R.
842		 TROY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
USAM000004366 Mobile 02 May 1981 LeLong, Michel G.
11990		 USAM
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UWAL0044701 Lauderdale 28 May 2019 England, J. Kevin
10256		 UWAL
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111835 Jackson 26 May 1999 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1854		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
TROY000025255 Etowah 24 Apr 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11769		 TROY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux var. vulpinoidea
JSU111827 Blount 29 May 1974 Whetstone, R. David
2982		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111840 Lawrence 27 Apr 1993 Whetstone, R. David
16442		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111847 Marshall 24 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5071		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
TROY000029573 Montgomery 27 Apr 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20633		 TROY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
JSU111853 Talladega 1 Jul 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
2845		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
NY02311176 St. Clair 13 Jun 1943 Royal E. Shanks
2272		 NY
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UNA00001661 Morgan 04 Jun 1979 Wiersema, John H.
797		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
AUA000020373 Chilton 16 Jun 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15437		 AUA
Carex Vulpinoidea Michx.
UNA00001616 Wilcox 15 Apr 1980 Haynes, Robert R.
7702		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
JSU111843 Limestone 14 Jun 1996 Whetstone, R. David
18018		 JSU
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux
UNA00001606 Marshall 21 May 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
594		 UNA
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
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