Carex comosa

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Carex comosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species: C. comosa
Binomial name
Carex comosa
Boott
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Natural range of Carex comosa from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: longhair sedge

Taxonomic Notes

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Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

C. comosa occurs in wet mucky soil along lake shores, river banks, swamps, and pond margins. C. comosa can grow in shady conditions in loamy or sandy soil, in shallow water, and even on decaying stumps. C. comosa has been seen distributed in some disturbed areas like roadsides and ditches.[1]

Species associated with C. comosa include Juncus gymnocarpus, Nelumbo nucifera, Fraxinus caroliniana, Burmannia biflora, Uticularia sp., Cephelathus occidentalis, Acer rubrum, Myrica cerifera, Scirpus cyperinus, salix sp., Taxodium ascendens, and Panicum hemitomum.

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

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References and notes

  1. Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: May 2023. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, W Baker, Kurt E. Blum, David A. Breil, D. Burch, Richard Carter, Susanne Cooper, Robert K. Godfrey, Bruce Hansen, Wayne D. Longbottom, D. L. Martin, Sidney McDaniel, J. C. McKenzie, Gil Nelson, Roger D. Redden, G. Robinson, J. Daniel Saffer, and Richard P. Wunderlin. States and counties: Delaware: Sussex. Florida: Bay, Jefferson, Madison, Marion Leon, Levy, Pasco, Taylor, Wabash, Wakulla, and Washington. Georgia: Tarboro. South Carolina: Claredon.