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Fimbristylis caroliniana (Lamarck) Fernald. Common name: Carolina Fimbry. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Brackish or alkaline sands of marsh edges and dune swales, less typically in pine savannas or pine flatwoods. Distribution: NJ south to s. FL and west and south to TX; ne. and e. Mexico (OAX, SLP, TAM, VER); West Indies.

ID notes: This species often grows in proximity to F. castanea, which, however, occupies the brackish marsh itself.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, C, ETx1, F, FNA23, GW1, K4, Meso6, Mex, NS, POWO, Tat, Tx, Va, WH3, Kral (1971); < Fimbristylis caroliniana (Lam.) Fernald — G; > Fimbristylis harperi Britton ex Small — S; < Fimbristylis spadicea (L.) Vahl — RAB, S13; Scirpus carolinianus Lamarck. Basionym: Scirpus carolinianus Lam. 1791

Links to other floras: = Fimbristylis caroliniana - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Great Plains: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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