''Carex paleacea'', the chaffy sedge, is one of the 579 species of ''

Carex ''Carex'' is a vast genus of over 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family (biology), family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of ge ...

''. The

Wetland Indicator Status Wetland indicator status denotes the probability of individual species of vascular plants occurring in freshwater, brackish and Salt marsh, saltwater wetlands in the United States. The wetland status of 7,000 plants is determined upon information ...

for the species is classified as "obligate wetland" (OBL), occurring 99% of the time in a typical

salt marsh A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. I ...

environment when conditions are favorable.

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paleacea Flora of Eastern Canada Flora of the Northeastern United States Plants described in 1803 Flora without expected TNC conservation status Taxa named by Göran Wahlenberg {{Carex-stub