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|accepted_name=Carex swanii
|accepted_authority=(Fernald) Mackenzie
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=37: 246. 1910
|year=1910
}}
|common_names=Carex de Swan
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Carex virescens var. swanii
|authority=Fernald
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Rhodora
|publication_place=8: 183. 1906
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Porocystis;Carex swanii
|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. Porocystis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex swanii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 483
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>15–75 cm, sparsely pilose. <b>Leaves</b>: ligules longer than wide; blades 1.5–3 mm wide, pilose. <b>Inflorescences</b>: lateral spikes 5–15(–19) × 2–4 mm, proximal distant; terminal spike gynecandrous, at least 1/2 flowers pistillate, (5–)11–20 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> scales ovate, 1.3–2.4 × 0.6–1.4 mm, apex acute to acuminate, with awn to 0.5 mm, as long as perigynia. <b>Staminate</b> scales ovate, 2.4–4.1 mm, apex obtuse to acuminate. <b>Anthers</b> 0.7–1.3(–1.6) mm. <b>Perigynia</b> ascending, obscurely 5–13-veined, obovate-circular, trigonous in cross section, 1.7–2.4 × 1–1.5 mm, densely pilose; beak absent. <b>Achenes</b> 1.4–1.8 × 0.8–1.1 mm. <b>2n</b> = 54.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Dry to wet-mesic forests, scrub
|elevation=0–1000 m
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Mass.;Md.;Mich.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Carex swanii
|authority=(Fernald) Mackenzie
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Carex virescens var. swanii
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Dry to wet-mesic forests, scrub
|elevation=0–1000 m
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Mass.;Md.;Mich.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1910
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Porocystis
|species=Carex swanii
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