Carex turgescens Torrey. Section: [26ss] Section 32 Rostrales. Common name: Pinebarren Sedge. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Sandhill seepage bogs, streamhead pocosins, pocosin-sandhill ecotones, canebrakes, cypress domes and stringers, in highly acidic, sandy-peaty soils. Distribution: Sc. NC south to Panhandle FL, west to se. LA, a Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA23, GW1, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, S, WH3, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = Carex folliculata Elliott, illegitimate. Basionym: Carex turgescens Torr. 1836 "Urbasionym:" Carex folliculata Elliott 1824
Links to other floras: = Carex turgescens - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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