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Carex longii Mack.
green and white sedge
Cyperaceae (Sedge family)

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Introduction

Green and white sedge is found in North America, Mexico; West Indies (Haiti); Bermuda; Central America; South America and is introduced Pacific Islands (Hawaii); New Zealand (Ball and Reznicek 2012). In.North America, it is found in the US (eastern states and Washington and Oregon) and Canada: (Nova Scotia, Quebec and British Columbia) (Ball and Reznicek 2012).

Green and white is introduced in British Columbia; it was discovered on Bowen Island in 2004 but identified as Carex feta, it was later identified as C. longii by Peter Zika (BC Columbia Conservation Data Centre 2012). It is rare in southwestern BC (BC Conservation Data Centre 2012).

Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Links

Flora North America treatment for Cyperaceae
 Flora North America treatment for Carex longii
Genetic information (NCBI Taxonomy Database)
 International Plant Names Index
 Taxonomic Information from the World Flora Online
 Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Additional Photo Sources

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UT Austin's Native Plant Database
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Species References

Ball, Peter W. and Anton A. Reznicek. 2012. Carex longii page. Flora North America Online.

BC Conservation Data Centre. 2012. Yearly provincial updates. Victoria, BC.

General References

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Family References
 General Botanical References for BC
Recommended citation: Author, Date. Page title. In Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed: 2025-01-16 7:52:02 AM ]
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