Carex godfreyi Naczi. Section: [26ee] Section 22 Griseae. Common name: Godfrey's Sedge. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Calcareous swamps, bottomlands, and mesic forests. Distribution: Se. NC south to se. GA, c. peninsular FL south to Martin County (FL), and west to Panhandle FL, sw. GA, and s. AL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: See Naczi (1993) for additional information.
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA23, K4, NS, POWO, WH3, Naczi (1993); = Carex amphibola Steud. var. godfreyi (Naczi) D.B.Ward — Ward (2012a); < Carex amphibola Steud. — GW1; < Carex grisea Wahlenb. — RAB, S, Mackenzie (1931-1935). Basionym: Carex godfreyi Naczi 1993
Links to other floras: = Carex godfreyi - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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