Currently Accepted Name: | Fimbristylis caroliniana (Lam.) Fernald |
Locality: | USA. Florida. Hillsborough Co.: Just S of FL 580 between Sweetwater and Fish Creeks and N of Old Tampa Bay, NW of Tampa. 27º 58’ 44” N -82º -33’ -49” W |
Habitat: | Moist sand along trail through marshy area; remnansts of flat, open, longleaf pine [Pinus palustris] land, with saw palmetto [Serenoa repens], few scrubby oaks, and bayberry [Myrica cerifera]; grassy openings with Aristida, Andropogon, and weedy species, bordering salt flats with salt grasses, black mangrove [Avicennia germinans], and white mangrove [Laguncularia racemosa]. |