NameThatPlant.net: Carex longii

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex longii FAMILY Cyperaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.

Read more about Long's Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex longii FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-033?:

Carex albolutescens FAMILY Cyperaceae

COMMON NAME:
Long's Sedge

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Keith Bradley kab_carex_longii_73524

March Collier County FL

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Inflorescences erect, 1-4.5cm long; spikes slightly separated to congested, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

Keith Bradley kab_carex_longii_73550

March Collier County FL

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Stems 3-8dm tall, much exceeding leaves. Principal leaf blades 2-4mm wide, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex longii FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex longii FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-033?:
Carex albolutescens FAMILY Cyperaceae

3952

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: bogs, low fields, bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes w both staminate & pistillate flowers (pistillate above)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Nutlets yellowish to brownish
Nutlet

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

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