Fuirena scirpoidea Michaux. Common name: Southern Umbrella-sedge. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Natural lakes, pineland depression ponds, wet pine savannas, marshes. Distribution: Se. GA (Jones & Coile 1988; Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009) and FL, west to se. TX; Cuba; Central America (Nicaragua); and reported as a disjunct (or introduced?) in ne. NC and s. IL. Kral's (1978a) report of this species from ne. NC, where disjunct from the main body of the range in the deep South, needs further investigation.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, FNA23, G, GW1, Il, K4, NS, POWO, S, S13, Kral (1978a); = n/a — RAB; < Fuirena scirpoidea Michx. — Tx, WH3; Fuirena scirpoidea Michx. Basionym: Fuirena scirpoidea Michx. 1803
Links to other floras: = Fuirena scirpoidea - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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