Fuirena squarrosa Michaux. Common name: Hairy Umbrella-sedge. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Pine savannas, seepages, streamhead pocosins, ditches, bogs, rocky river bars, calcareous fens, other wet habitats. Distribution: MA (Cape Cod) and NY (Long Island) south to n. FL, west to c. TX, inland to w. NC, w. TN, KY, s. AR, and se. OK, mainly on the Coastal Plain, but less strictly limited to it than our other species.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, ETx1, F, FNA23, G, GW1, K1, K3, K4, NE, NY, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3, Kral (1978a); = Fuirena hispida Elliott – S; < Fuirena squarrosa Michx. – RAB, Tx; > Fuirena squarrosa Michx. var. hispida (Elliott) Chapm. – S13; > Fuirena squarrosa Michx. var. squarrosa – S13
Links to other floras: = Fuirena squarrosa - FNA23
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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