Cyperus neotropicalis Alain. Common name: American Lipocarpha, American Halfchaff. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Riverine sandbars, depression ponds, interdune swales and ponds, borrow pits, impoundment shores, ditches, other moist exposed soil. Distribution: Se. VA south to s. FL, west to AL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, POWO, Bauters et al (2014); = Lipocarpha maculata (Michx.) Torr. — C, F, FNA23, G, GW1, Il, NS, RAB, S, S13, Va, WH3, Goetghebeur & Van den Borre (1989), Tucker (1987). Basionym: Cyperus neotropicalis Alain 1965 "Urbasionym:" Kyllinga maculata Michx. 1803
Links to other floras: = Lipocarpha maculata - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (name change)
- Midwest: OBL (name change)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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