Carex complanata

Floodplain forests, alluvial swamps, depression swamps and ponds, wet flatwoods, tidal swamps, and wet clearings; occasionally in more upland situations. This species has been lumped with Carex hirsutella in many Virginia studies, and its distribution is incompletely known. However, confirmed records make clear it is frequent to common in the coastal Plain and outer piedmont, becoming rare westward. Compared to C. hirsutella, a species of dry uplands, C. complanata occupies relatively moist to wet habitats.