Carex longii

{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}}

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| image = Starr 020313-9001 Carex longii.jpg

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Carex

| display_parents = 2

| parent = Carex sect. Ovales

| species = longii

| authority = Mack.

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Carex longii, or Long's sedge,{{PLANTS|id=CALO5|taxon=Carex longii|accessdate=25 September 2018}} is a species of sedge found in North America that was first described by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1922.{{cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-228267|title=Carex longii|publisher=The Plant List|year=2010|accessdate=6 December 2014}}

Conservation

Carex longii lives on the margins of wetlands in saturated or seasonally saturated soils.{{cite web |title=Carex longii (Long's sedge): Go Botany |url=https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/carex/longii/ |website=gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org}} It is listed as Vulnerable or Imperiled across Eastern North America.{{cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.140767/Carex_longii |website=explorer.natureserve.org}}

References

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Category:Plants described in 1922

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