Scirpus longii

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Scirpus longii
Status TNC G2.svg
Imperiled  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Scirpus
Species:
S. longii
Binomial name
Scirpus longii

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]

Conservation status in the United States

It is listed a special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut, [4] as threatened in Maine and Massachusetts, and as endangered in New Jersey and Rhode Island. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Scirpus longii. The Nature Conservancy.
  2. Scirpus longii. Flora of North America.
  3. Scirpus longii. Center for Plant Conservation.
  4. "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)
  5. "Plants Profile for Scirpus longii (Long's bulrush)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 28 January 2018.