Cyperus excurrens J.R. Carter & P.D. Lowe. Common name: Excurrent Flatsedge. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Sporadically appearing in exsiccated bottoms of karst ponds in the Coastal Plain. Distribution: Known only from sw. GA, perhaps to be expected in se. AL and FL Panhandle.
ID notes: Similar to the widely distributed C. strigosus, from which it differs notably in its restricted habitat, annual habit, diminutive stature, and floral scales with an excurved mucro.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: See Lowe & Carter (2022c) for detailed information.
Synonymy ⓘ: = NSProv, POWO, Lowe & Carter (2022c); = n/a — K4; < Cyperus strigosus L. — FNA23. Basionym: Cyperus excurrens R.Carter & P.D.Lowe 2022
Links to other floras: < Cyperus strigosus - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
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