Scirpus longii

Scirpus longii

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Scirpus
Species: S. longii
Binomial name
Scirpus longii
Fernald

Scirpus longii is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common name Long's bulrush. It is native to eastern North America, where it is limited to the Atlantic coastal plain.[1]

This perennial plant grows from a large rhizome and forms clumps of stems up to 1.5 meters tall. It flowers rarely, any time between May and August. The inflorescence is an open cyme of spikelets up to about a centimeter long.[1][2]

This species grows in wetlands such as river banks and bogs.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Scirpus longii. The Nature Conservancy.
  2. Scirpus longii. Flora of North America.
  3. Scirpus longii. Center for Plant Conservation.
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