Carex exilis

{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant in the sedge family}}

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| image = Carex exilis drawing 1.png

| image2 = Carex exilis 15-p.bot-carex.exili-1.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Lansdown, R.V. |year=2016 |title=Carex exilis |page=e.T64271142A67728769 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T64271142A67728769.en |access-date=7 February 2025}}

| genus = Carex

| display_parents = 2

| parent = Carex sect. Stellulatae

| species = exilis

| authority = Dewey

| synonyms =

  • Vignea exilis Dewey Raf.
  • Carex exilis var. androgyna Dewey
  • Carex exilis var. squamacea Dewey

| synonyms_ref = {{Cite POWO | id = 299683-1 | title = Carex exilis Dewey | access-date = 13 November 2024 }}

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Carex exilis, common name coastal sedge{{PLANTS|id=CAEX7|taxon=Carex exilis|accessdate=10 November 2017}} or meager sedge, is a species of grass-like plant in the Cyperaceae family. It is native to North America and Canada, with several disjunct populations from southern Canada to the Gulf Coast.{{BONAP|ref|genus=Carex|species=exilis|accessdate=15 April 2019}}

Description

Carex exilis is a densely tufted, tussock-forming plant, with stiff, smooth stems reaching 12–80 cm. in height. Leaves number between 2–6 per stem. Inflorescences usually take the form of solitary spikes.{{Cite web |title=World Flora Online |url=https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000346480;jsessionid=B03C47E8AE7F87C77D7D318FFC18297B#distributionMap |website=World Flora Online}}

Distribution and habitat

Carex exilis favours wetland, acidic conditions such as sphagnum bogs, peatlands and fens{{Cite web |title=Coastal sedge (Carex exilis) |url=https://www.picturethisai.com/wiki/Carex_exilis.html |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=PictureThis |language=en}} and other wet, low, open places.[https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000346480;jsessionid=B03C47E8AE7F87C77D7D318FFC18297B#distributionMap]

Although not classed as a conservation risk by the IUCN across most of its distribution range, it is listed as an endangered species in Connecticut by state authorities.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/wildlife/pdf_files/nongame/ets15.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-11-10 |archive-date=2018-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143509/http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/wildlife/pdf_files/nongame/ets15.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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Category:Flora of Northern America