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Carex magellanica
Also called Tall Bog Sedge, Bog Sedge, Little Sedge, Poor Bog Sedge, Poor Sedge, Stunted Sedge
Carex magellanica, (common names, boreal bog sedge or tall bog sedge) is a perennial Carex species native to North America, Europe and the subarctic Northern hemisphere. Although it is considered a stable species worldwide, it is listed as endangered in Connecticut.
Carex magellanica favours wet ground, marshes, waterways and Sphagnum bogs.
Carex abitibiana · Indian Valley sedge · Abruptbeak sedge · Thicket sedge · Small Dusky Sedge · Seoul Sedge · Acid Loving Sedge · Carex acocksii · Slender Tufted-sedge · Carex acutata · Lesser pond sedge · Circumpolar sedge
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex magellanica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
