There is an old coll. of this northern taxon from the herbarium of C.W. Short (NCU) with "Ky." printed on the label, but this need not indicate an origin from Ky. Reports of trichophyllus or its synonyms by McFarland (1942), Keener (1976), BA and others were presumably based on the Short coll. or on longirostris (M). Verified trichohpyllus may not extend closer than the higher mountains of Va. and W.Va. and glaciated land in Ohio to Ill, but there are a few somewhat dubious reports south to Tenn. and N.C. (Ch, D, ML, W; PL),