Flora of the Southeastern United States

Carex collinsii Nuttall. Common name: Collins's Sedge. Phenology: Jun-Jul. Habitat: White cedar (Chamaecyparis) bogs, pocosins, and sphagnous, seepage-fed streamhead swamps in the Coastal Plain, bogs in the southwest mountains of NC (where associated with other Coastal Plain disjuncts), usually growing in Sphagnum. Distribution: RI to wc. GA on the Coastal Plain, disjunct in the mountains of nw. NJ, PA, sw. NC, and possibly TN (Chester et al. 1993).

ID notes: C. collinsii is a very distinctive species; the slender perigynia teeth are reflexed 180 degrees (thus appressed back against the perigynium).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA23, G, K4, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Va, W, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = Carex collinsiae — GW1, orthographic error. Basionym: Carex collinsii Nutt. 1818

Links to other floras: = Carex collinsii - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
• Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 3