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Schoenus limosus
Schoenus limosus is a species of sedge endemic to the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. It is predominantly a species of wet grasslands, which explains its common name (Muddy Veldrush).
The distribution of S. limosus has a distribution that ranges from the KwaZulu-Natal Province in the north-east to the Amathole Mountains region of the Eastern Cape Province in the south-west. It is a species that mostly grows in muddy grassland sites, but collections have also been made from sandier, drier sites. The elevational range of S. limosus is from near sea level to about 1500 meters.
Adnate Veldrush · Whitesheath Veldrush · Smooth bogrush · Sand Veldrush · Gold Sunrush · Fleshy Veldrush · Southern Veldrush · Spotted Veldrush · Bristleglume Veldrush · Zig Zag Bogrush · Brown Veldrush · Schoenus calcatus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Schoenus limosus 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.
