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
Wetland Indicator Status:
Heliophily: 9
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