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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Carex limosa
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 977. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Carex des bourbiers
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Limosae;Carex limosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Carex sect. Limosae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex limosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 255, 418, 428
|treatment_page=page 417
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>usually aphyllopodic, without dead leaf remains at base, 20–60 cm. <b>Leaf</b> blades 1–2.5 mm wide, margins involute, scabrid. <b>Inflorescences</b>: proximal bracts 2–6 cm, shorter than inflorescences; lateral spikes sometimes androgynous, 6–20 × 4–8 mm, with 8–30 perigynia; terminal spikes 7–35 × 1.5–2.5(–3) mm. <b>Pistillate</b> scales ovate to ovate-circular, 3–5.5 × 2–3.4 mm, wider and as long as or slightly longer than perigynia, apex obtuse to subacute, sometimes mucronate. <b>Staminate</b> scales obovate, 3–4.5 × 1.4–1.6 mm, apex obtuse, sometimes mucronate. <b>Anthers</b> 2–3 mm. <b>Perigynia</b> 2.5–4 × 1.8–2.6 mm, apex rounded; beak 0.1–0.5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Sphagnum bogs, wet meadows, shores
|elevation=0–2000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;Ind.;Iowa;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;Utah;Vt.;Wash.;Wis.;Eurasia.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Carex limosa
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Sphagnum bogs, wet meadows, shores
|elevation=0–2000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;Ind.;Iowa;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;Utah;Vt.;Wash.;Wis.;Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Limosae
|species=Carex limosa
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