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Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora

not marked as a favorite taxon Rhynchospora croatanensis LeBlond & P.D. McMillan. Common name: Croatan Beaksedge. Habitat: Wet pine savanna and pocosin ecotone, known from a single spodosol savanna site in Croatan National Forest, and growing with Ctenium aromaticum, Pinguicula caerulea, Sarracenia flava, Dionaea muscipula, Zenobia pulverulenta, Polygala ramosa, and Eriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare. Distribution: So far as is known, restricted to the outer Coastal Plain of NC.

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ID notes: Plants may mature by mid-spring, and are very similar in habit to R. rariflora.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = McMillan & LeBlond (2024a) in Weakley et al (2024a); = n/a — FNA23, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, S, S13; = Rhynchospora species 2 — NSProv, McMillan (2007). Basionym: Rhynchospora croatanensis LeBlond & P.D.McMillan 2024

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Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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