Carex lonchocarpa Willdenow. Section: [26ss] Section 32 Rostrales. Common name: Southern Long Sedge. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Pocosin margins, small blackwater stream swamps, bogs. Distribution: S. MD south to ne. FL and Panhandle FL, west to e. TX; rarely inland, as in sc. TN.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Recognition of C. lonchocarpa at the species level is supported by its distinctive achene micromorphology (Wujek & Menapace 1986).
Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA23, K4, NS, POWO, Tn, Va, WH3, Mackenzie (1931-1935), (basionym); = Carex folliculata L. var. australis L.H.Bailey — C, F, G, RAB, Tx; = Carex smalliana Mack. — S; < Carex folliculata L. — GW1, Tat
Links to other floras: = Carex lonchocarpa - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Midwest: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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