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Iva microcephala Nuttall. Common name: Small-headed Marsh-elder. Phenology: Sep-Oct. Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods, flatwood ponds, clay-based Carolina bays, Florida wet prairies, marshes. Distribution: Sc. NC south to s. FL, west to se. AL.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Other Comments: A seed-banking annual, locally abundant some years and absent in others, depending on the variable hydrologic conditions of Carolina bays and other seasonally flooded wetlands.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl7, FNA21, GW2, K4, RAB, S, SE1, WH3, Jackson (1960). Basionym: Iva microcephala Nutt. 1840

Links to other floras: = Iva microcephala - FNA21

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image of plant© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
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