Flora of the Southeastern United States

Carex chapmanii Steudel. Common name: Chapman's Sedge. Phenology: Apr-May. Habitat: Edges of calcareous pine savannas, calcareous slopes and bottomlands, mesic hammocks, stream terraces. Distribution: Se. NC south to c. peninsular FL, endemic to the Coastal Plain; initially listed as disjunct in nc. TN (Chester et al. 1993), but rejected thereafter (Tennessee Flora Committee 2015). The reported n. GA specimens (Union, Franklin, and Fannin counties) are also misidentifications.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: The affinities of this species are questionable; it is usually placed in section Paniceae, but may actually belong to Laxiflorae.

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA23, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, S; = Carex chapmannii — WH3, Mackenzie (1931-1935), orthographic variant; = Carex styloflexa Buckley var. fusiformis (Chapm. ex Dewey) Wiegand. Basionym: Carex chapmanii Steud. 1855

Links to other floras: = Carex chapmanii - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 5