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Carex magellanica
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. magellanica
Binomial name
	Carex magellanica; Lam.

Carex magellanica, (common names, boreal bog sedge or tall bog sedge) is a perennial Carex species native to North America,^[1] Europe and the subarctic Northern hemisphere.^[2] Although it is considered a stable species worldwide, it is listed as endangered in Connecticut.^[3]

Description

Carex magellanica is a perennial sedge, which grows loosely tufted from a short to long rhizome. Its culms grow upward of 55 cm (22 in), and are leafy in their lower part. These leaves are shorter than the culms, and 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) wide, distinguishing the plant from the similar Carex limosa, or "muck sedge", which has leaves greater than 4 mm (0.16 in) in width.^[4] Its terminal spikelet is contains only the stamen, with one to four other spikelets that are ovoid and pistillate, arranged on drooping, slender peduncles.^[5]

Distribution and habitat

Carex magellanica favours wet ground, marshes, waterways and Sphagnum bogs.

References

^ "Plants Profile for Carex magellanica (Boreal Bog sedge)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^ "Carex magellanica Lam. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
^ "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^ Andrew Hipp (2008). Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges: An Introduction to the Genus Carex (Cyperaceae) (illustrated ed.). University of Wisconsin Press. p. 110. ISBN 9780299225902.
^ William J. Cody, National Research Council of Canada (2000). Flora of the Yukon Territory; Monographs - Plant Sciences (illustrated, revised ed.). NRC Research Press. p. 157. ISBN 9780660181103.