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Scirpus longii

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Cyperaceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Poales

Genus
  
Scirpus

Similar
  
Scirpus pendulus, Scirpus ancistrochaetus, Scirpus microcarpus, Sabatia kennedyana, Scirpus radicans

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.

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.

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

References

Scirpus longii Wikipedia


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