Scirpus longii Fernald
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Cyperaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Much like no. 28 [Scirpus cyperinus (L.) Kunth], but colonial from long, stout rhizomes, and rarely flowering; base of invol blackish and glutinous; scales 2–3 mm, blackish, rounded and not mucronulate at the tip; achenes reddish-brown; 2n=66, 68. Marshes near the coast from N.S. and Me. to s. N.J. Fr June. Hybridizes with no. 28.