Limesink pond.
R. aristosa = branched at top part of plant only, stems angled, nodes of stems with stiff hairs, yellowish hairs along sepal lobes
I think.
Phyllaries rounded, about five florets per head, leaf bases narrowly cuneate, leaves broadly oblanceolate, broadest towards the tip
Locally common in mesic longleaf pine woodland
Roadside wet meadow
Roadside meadow under powerline right-of-way near Pitt County line.
Forest edge between crop field and young pine stand.