Carex paleacea
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Carex paleacea is one of the 579 species of Carex
. The Wetland Indicator Status
for the species is classified as "obligate wetland" (OBL), occurring 99% of the time in a typical salt marsh
environment when conditions are favorable.
Carex
Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the Cyperaceae family are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as...
. The Wetland Indicator Status
Wetland Indicator Status
Wetland indicator status denotes the probability of individual species of vascular plants occurring in freshwater, brackish and saltwater wetlands in the United States. The wetland status of 7,000 plants is determined upon information contained in a list compiled in the National Wetland Inventory...
for the species is classified as "obligate wetland" (OBL), occurring 99% of the time in a typical salt marsh
Salt marsh
A salt marsh is an environment in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and salt water or brackish water, it is dominated by dense stands of halophytic plants such as herbs, grasses, or low shrubs. These plants are terrestrial in origin and are essential to the stability of the salt marsh...
environment when conditions are favorable.