Fuirena scirpoidea Michaux. Southern Umbrella-sedge. Phen: Jul-Oct. Hab: Natural lakes, pineland depression ponds, wet pine savannas, marshes. Dist: A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: se. GA (Jones & Coile 1988; Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009) and FL, west to se. TX, also in Cuba 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, K1, K3, K4, S, S13, Kral (1978a); = n/a – RAB; < Fuirena scirpoidea Michx. – Tx, WH3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
• Great Plains: OBL

Heliophily: 9