Carex austrodeflexa P.D. McMillan, Sorrie, & van Eerden. Section: [26bbb] Section 39 Acrocystis. Common name: Canebrake Sedge. Phenology: Feb-May. Habitat: Canebrakes and acid swamps, very wet loamy pine savannas. Distribution: Coastal Plain, from se. VA to Panhandle FL, west to s. AL; apparently disjunct in w. LA.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: See Sorrie et al. (2011) for additional, more detailed information.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NSProv, POWO, Va, Sorrie et al (2011); = n/a — C, RAB; < Carex novae-angliae Schwein. — FNA23. Basionym: Carex austrodeflexa P.D.McMillan, Sorrie, & van Eerden 2011
Links to other floras: < Carex novae-angliae - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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