Carex austrodeflexa P.D. McMillan, Sorrie, & van Eerden. Section: [26bbb] Section 39 Acrocystis. Canebrake Sedge. Phen: Feb-May. Hab: Canebrakes and acid swamps, very wet loamy pine savannas. Dist: Coastal Plain, from se. VA to Panhandle FL, west to s. AL; apparently disjunct in w. LA.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Other Comments: See Sorrie et al. (2011) for additional, more detailed information.

Synonymy: = K3, K4, Va, Sorrie et al (2011); = n/a – C, RAB; < Carex novae-angliae Schwein. – FNA23, K1

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW

Heliophily ?: 3