Coreopsis falcata F.E. Boynton. Pool Coreopsis. Phen: Early May-early Jul (rarely later, perhaps in response to growing season fire). Hab: Peat bogs, very wet savannas, ditches and borrow pits in savannas. Dist: The species is endemic to the Coastal Plain of se. VA (City of Chesapeake), e. NC, e. SC, and e. GA; disjunct in Oconee County, SC and Henderson County, NC. First reported for VA by Wieboldt et al. (1998).

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: C. falcata should not be included (as by Cronquist in C and SE) in C. gladiata; the two species are distinctive in ecological preferences, morphology, phenology, and distribution.

Synonymy: = GW2, K1, K3, K4, RAB, S, Va, Sherff & Alexander (1955), Smith (1976), Sorrie, LeBlond, & Weakley (2013); = n/a – F; < Coreopsis gladiata Walter – Fl7, FNA21, WH3; < Coreopsis gladiata Walter var. gladiata – C, SE1

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW

Heliophily: 8