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Carex lonchocarpa Willdenow. Section: [26ss] Section 32 Rostrales. Common name: Southern Long Sedge. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Pocosin margins, small blackwater stream swamps, bogs. Distribution: S. MD south to ne. FL and Panhandle FL, west to e. TX; rarely inland, as in sc. TN.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Recognition of C. lonchocarpa at the species level is supported by its distinctive achene micromorphology (Wujek & Menapace 1986).

Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA23, K4, NS, POWO, Tn, Va, WH3, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = Carex folliculata L. var. australis L.H.Bailey — C, F, G, RAB, Tx; = Carex smalliana Mack. — S; < Carex folliculata L. — GW1, Tat. Basionym: Carex lonchocarpa Willd. 1826

Links to other floras: = Carex lonchocarpa - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

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

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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