Common Name
Long's sedge
Plant Form
Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
Duration
Perennial
Max Height (ft)
4.0
Region
Coastal
Mountain
Additional Info
Bogs, boggy clearings, wet flatwoods, interdune swales and ponds, depression swamps and ponds, tidal swamps, and other wetlands. Frequent in the coastal Plain, with widely scattered outliers in the piedmont and mountains. This species may be more common than collections indicate due to past confusion and lumping with Carex albolutescens.
Bloom Time
Spring
Early Summer
Late Summer
Fall
Light Requirements
Full sun
Partial sun
Shade
Moisture Requirements
Wet
Moist
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