Widest leaf 2.7-4.5(-5.3) mm wide. Inflorescence: longest peduncle of staminate spike 0.9-7.2(-11.4) cm; terminal spike usually surpassed by bract blade of distal lateral spike. Perigynia (8-)11-15-veined, 3.2-4.2 mm, apex noticeably excurved. Fruiting spring. Rich, moist, slopes or bottomlands, deciduous or mixed deciduous-evergreen forests, near flood plain of streams and rivers, sandy or sandy loam soils; 0-300 m; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex.