Carex flaccosperma

Mesic, often rich, upland forests, well-drained bottomland forests, alluvial swamp hummocks, seasonally saturated flatwoods, wet meadows and clearings; often abundant in the large-river bottomlands of southeastern Virginia. This species has not been segregated from Carex glaucodea and C. pigra in most Virginia studies, and its distribution and status are incompletely known. Field experience and reliably identified herbarium specimens suggest that it is frequent in the southeastern and central coastal Plain, and infrequent in the outer piedmont and northern coastal Plain.