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Carex thornei Naczi. Section: [26ee] Section 22 Griseae. Thorne's Sedge. Hab: Mesic deciduous forests, often in the upper floodplain. Dist: Endemic to the drainage of the Apalachicola/Chattahoochee and Flint in s. GA and s. AL south to Panhandle FL
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: See Naczi, Bryson, & Cochrane (2002).
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA23, K4, WH3; = Carex oligocarpa Schkuhr ex Willd. var. thornei (Naczi) D.B.Ward – Ward (2012a); < Carex oligocarpa Schkuhr ex Willd. – S
Links to other floras: = Carex thornei - FNA23
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Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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