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Carex canescens ssp. canescens

Family:Cyperaceae
Species: Carex canescens L.
Infraspecies:Carex canescens L. ssp. canescens
Common Name:typical hoary sedge
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Graminoid
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
Plant Notes:More research is needed to study all of the herbarium specimens of Carex canescens to determine these to subspecies. Very few of actually determined to subspecies.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NCNE), OBL (EMP), S5 (State Rank), G5 (Global Rank), CoC: 7
References:**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

SupraordinalMonocots
Order Poales
FamilyCyperaceae
Genus Carex
SpeciesCarex canescens
InfraspeciesCarex canescens L. ssp. canescens - typical hoary sedge

Citation

Citation Carex canescens L. ssp. canescens
Basionym: **
Type: **

** Not applicable or data not available.

Source

CountyYearHerbariaNotesSubmission Info
Albany  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Albany1992 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Allegany  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Allegany1968 HOUGH
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Broome  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Cattaraugus  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Cattaraugus1940 ROCH – barcode: 1264
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Cayuga1995 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Cayuga1995 RCFS – accession # 10133
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
Identification needs confirmation as the submitted data is different than where this record is place in the Atlas 11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Chautauqua  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Chemung1941 BH
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
Werier (2017) voucher!; [no collector] 642 3/6/2018 - David Werier
Chenango  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Clinton1989 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Clinton  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Columbia  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Cortland  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Cortland1871 ROCH – barcode: 1242
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Cortland1875 ROCH – barcode: 1263
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Delaware  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Dutchess  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Erie  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Erie1867 ROCH – barcode: 1243
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Erieno year ROCH – barcode: 1225
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
unsure county and town data 4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Essexno year ROCH – barcode: 1240
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Essex1917 ROCH – barcode: 1259
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Essex1917 ROCH – barcode: 1260
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Essex1917 ROCH – barcode: 1261
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Essex1917 ROCH – barcode: 1262
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Essex1917 ROCH – barcode: 1230
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Essex  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Franklin1987 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Franklin  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Fulton  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Greene1991 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Hamilton  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Herkimer  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Herkimer1917 ROCH – barcode: 1244
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Lewis  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Madison  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Monroe  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Monroe1918 ROCH – barcode: 1255
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Monroe1918 ROCH – barcode: 1256
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Monroe1920 ROCH – barcode: 1250
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Monroe1928 ROCH – barcode: 1229
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Nassau1987 OBPF – Log_num: LIL151
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Nassau  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Nassau1986 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Oneida  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Oneida1917 ROCH – barcode: 1245
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Onondaga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Ontario  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Ontario1919 ROCH – barcode: 1226
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Ontario1919 ROCH – barcode: 1251
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Ontario1919 ROCH – barcode: 1252
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Ontario1919 ROCH – barcode: 1253
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Ontario1919 ROCH – barcode: 1254
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Orange1990 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Oswego  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Oswego1998 RCFS – accession # 12294
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
Identification needs confirmation as the submitted data is different than where this record is place in the Atlas 11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Oswego1998 RCFS – accession # 12298
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
Identification needs confirmation as the submitted data is different than where this record is place in the Atlas 11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Oswego1998 RCFS – accession # 12301
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
Identification needs confirmation as the submitted data is different than where this record is place in the Atlas 11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Oswego1997 RCFS – accession # 12327
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
Identification needs confirmation as the submitted data is different than where this record is place in the Atlas 11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Oswego1997 RCFS – accession # 12328
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
Identification needs confirmation as the submitted data is different than where this record is place in the Atlas 11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Oswego1999 RCFS – accession # 12358
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
Identification needs confirmation as the submitted data is different than where this record is place in the Atlas 11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Oswego2000 RCFS – accession # 12777
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
Identification needs confirmation as the submitted data is different than where this record is place in the Atlas 11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Oswego1998 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Oswego1917 ROCH – barcode: 1249
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
Otsego  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Otsego2004 SUCO
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
Town of Worcester  
Rensselaer  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Rensselaer1999 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Rensselaer1997 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Rensselaer1998 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Richmond  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Rockland1990 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Saratoga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Schenectady1995 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Schoharie  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
St. Lawrence1995 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
St. Lawrence  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Steuben  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Suffolk  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Suffolk1986 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Suffolk1957 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Suffolk1985 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Suffolk1959 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Suffolk1991 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Sullivan  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Tioga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Tompkins  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Ulster  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Ulster1984 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Ulster1998 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Warren  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Warren1917 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Warren1991 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Washington  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Wayne1991 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Wayne1991 RCFS – accession # 10134
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
Identification needs confirmation as the submitted data is different than where this record is place in the Atlas 11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Westchester  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Yates  NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Yates  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens
   
Yatesno year ROCH – barcode: 1228
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
-1917 ROCH – barcode: 1232
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
-1917 ROCH – barcode: 1233
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
-1917 ROCH – barcode: 1234
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
-1917 ROCH – barcode: 1235
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
-1917 ROCH – barcode: 1236
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
-1917 ROCH – barcode: 1237
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
-1917 ROCH – barcode: 1238
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
-1917 ROCH – barcode: 1239
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
-1917 ROCH – barcode: 1257
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
-1917 ROCH – barcode: 1258
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel
-1916 ROCH – barcode: 1241
Herbarium Name Used: Carex canescens ssp. canescens
  4/30/2013 - Steven Daniel

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymTypeNotes
Carex canescens var. subloliacea Carex canescens L. var. subloliacea Laest.   
Listed Status: New York
Listed Status: (New York): Rare plants are protected under New York State Environmental Conservation Law section 9-1503. Part (f) which reads as follows: "It is a violation for any person, anywhere in the state to pick, pluck, sever, remove, damage by the application of herbicides or defoliants, or carry away, without the consent of the owner, any protected plant. Each protected plant so picked, plucked, severed, removed, damaged or carried away shall constitute a separate violation." At this time, the Atlas only identifies those species listed as threatened or endangered.
Endangered:
  1. 5 or fewer extant sites, or
  2. fewer than 1,000 individuals, or
  3. restricted to fewer than 4 U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 minute topographical maps, or
  4. species listed as endangered by the U. S. Department of Interior, as enumerated in the Code of Federal Regulations 50 CFR 17.11.
Threatened:
  1. 6 to fewer than 20 extant sites, or
  2. 1,000 to fewer than 3,000 individuals, or
  3. restricted to not less than 4 or more than 7 U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 minute topographical maps, or
  4. listed as threatened by the U. S. Department of the Interior, as enumerated in the Code of Federal Regulations 50 CFR 17.11.
Rare:
  1. 20 to 35 extant sites, or
  2. 3,000 to 5,000 individuals statewide.
Exploitably vulnerable: species which are likely to become threatened in the near future throughout all or a significant portion of their range within the state if causal factors continue unchecked.
 
Listed Status: US
Listed Status: US (U.S.) Source - List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants under the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.
Endangered: Any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Threatened: Any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
 
WAP: Wetland AssessmentProcedure

Wetland Assessment Procedure (WAP): Source - Southwest Florida Water Management District, Wetland Assessment Procedure Instruction Manual for Isolated Wetlands (March 2005).

AD: Adaptive Species. Plant species designated as FAC or Upland by DEP, but commonly seen in the transition zone in limited numbers.
D: Deep Species. Plant species commonly found in the deep zone, and designated either FAC or OBL by DEP.
OD: Outer Deep Species. Plant species commonly found in the outer deep zone, and designated either FACW or OBL by DEP.
T: Transition Species. Plant species commonly found in the transition zone, and designated either FACW or OBL by DEP.
U: Upland Species. Plant species that are not expected to be seen in wetlands.
  • ANY - WAP critieria is not taken into consideration
  • Yes - Show results with WAP designations
  • No - Show results without WAP designations
 
EPPC: Exotic Pest Plant Council
EPPC:

Source - Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council's 2007 List of Florida's Most Invasive Species

Category I - Species that are invading and disrupting native plant communities in Florida. This definition does not rely on the economic severity or geographic range of the problem, but on the documented ecological damage caused.

Category II - Species that have shown a potential to disrupt native plant communities. These species may become ranked as Category I, but have not yet demonstrated disruption of natural Florida communities.

 
DEP: Department of Environmental Protection

Wetland Status, Department of Environmental Regulation (DEP): Source - Delineation of the Landward Extent of Wetlands and Surface Waters, Chapter 62-340, Florida Administrative Code. 1994.

OBL: Obligate wetland. Occurs almost always under natural conditions in wetlands.
FACW: Facultative Wetland. Usually occurs in wetlands, but occasionally found in non-wetlands
FAC: Facultative. equally likely to occur in wetlands or non-wetlands.
 
NWPL: National Wetland Plant List

National Wetland Plant List (NWPL): Source - Lichvar, R.W., M. Butterwick, N.C. Melvin, and W.N. Kirchner. 2014. The National Wetland Plant List: 2014 Update of Wetland Ratings. Phytoneuron 2014-41: 1-42.

OBL: Obligate Wetland. Occurs almost always (estimated probability 99%) under natural conditions in wetlands.
FACW: Facultative Wetland. Usually occurs in wetlands (estimated probability 67%-99%), but occasionally found in non-wetlands.
FAC: Facultative. Equally likely to occur in wetlands or non-wetlands (estimated probability 34%-66%).
FACU: Facultative Upland. Usually occurs in non-wetlands (estimated probability 67%-99%), but occasionally found in wetlands (estimated probability 1%-33%).
UPL: Obligate Upland. Occurs in wetlands in another region, but occurs almost always (estimated probability 99%) under natural conditions in non-wetlands in the regions specified.
 
NWPL: National Wetland Plant List (NCNE and EMP Regions)

National Wetland Plant List (NWPL): Source - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2020. National Wetland Plant List, version 3.5 https://wetland-plants.sec.usace.army.mil/nwpl_static/v34/home/home.html U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH.

Indicator status rating definitions according to Lichvar et al. 2012.

OBL: Obligate Wetland Plants - almost always occur in wetlands.
FACW: Facultative Wetland Plants - usually occur in wetlands, but may occur in non-wetlands.
FAC: Facultative Plants - occur in wetlands and non-wetlands.
FACU: Facultative Upland Plants - usually occur in non-wetlands, but may occur in wetlands.
UPL: Upland Plants - almost always occur in uplands.

Wetland indicator status ratings are provided for each of the two regions that exist in NY, the Northcentral and Northeast Region (NCNE) and the Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region (EMP). See the Atlas guide for further details.

 
NWPL: National Wetland Plant List (NCNE and EMP Regions)

National Wetland Plant List (NWPL): Source - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2020. National Wetland Plant List, version 3.5 https://wetland-plants.sec.usace.army.mil/nwpl_static/v34/home/home.html U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH.

Indicator status rating definitions according to Lichvar et al. 2012.

OBL: Obligate Wetland Plants - almost always occur in wetlands.
FACW: Facultative Wetland Plants - usually occur in wetlands, but may occur in non-wetlands.
FAC: Facultative Plants - occur in wetlands and non-wetlands.
FACU: Facultative Upland Plants - usually occur in non-wetlands, but may occur in wetlands.
UPL: Upland Plants - almost always occur in uplands.

Wetland indicator status ratings are provided for each of the two regions that exist in NY, the Northcentral and Northeast Region (NCNE) and the Eastern Mountains and Piedmont Region (EMP). See the Atlas guide for further details.

 
Category
Vascular: Any of various plants that have the vascular tissues xylem and phloem. The vascular plants include all seed-bearing plants (the gymnosperms and angiosperms) and the pteridophytes (including the ferns, lycophytes, and horsetails). Also called tracheophyte.
Bryophyte: A large group of seedless green plants including the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. Bryophytes lack the specialized tissues xylem and phloem that circulate water and dissolved nutrients in the vascular plants. Bryophytes generally live on land but are mostly found in moist environments, for they have free-swimming sperm that require water for transport. In contrast to the vascular plants, the gametophyte (haploid) generation of bryophytes constitutes the larger plant form, while the small sporophyte (diploid) generation grows on or within the gametophyte and depends upon it for nutrition.
Lichen: The mutualistic symbiotic association of a fungus with an alga or a cyanobacterium, or both. The fungal component of a lichen absorbs water and nutrients from the surroundings and provides a suitable environment for the alga or cyanobacterium. These live protected among the dense fungal hyphae and produce carbohydrates for the fungus by photosynthesis. Owing to this partnership, lichens can thrive in harsh environments such as mountaintops and polar regions. The more familiar lichens grow slowly as crusty patches, but lichens are found in a variety of forms, such as the tall, plantlike reindeer moss. The association between the different organisms in a lichen is so close that lichens are routinely referred to as a single organism, and scientists classify lichens using the name of the fungal component.

(Definitions from: American Heritage Science Dictionary)

 
State Rank

This numeric rank provides the relative rarity for each species based on a scale from 1 (very rare) to 5 (common). These ranks carry no legal status.

  • S1 - Typically 5 or fewer occurrences, very few remaining individuals, acres, or miles of stream, or some factor of its biology making it especially vulnerable in New York State.
  • S2 - Typically 6 to 20 occurrences, few remaining individuals, acres, or miles of stream, or factors demonstrably making it very vulnerable in New York State.
  • S3 - Typically 21 to 100 occurrences, limited acreage, or miles of stream in New York State.
  • S4 - Apparently secure in New York State.
  • S5 - Demonstrably secure in New York State.
  • SE - State exotic or non-native
  • SH - Historically known from New York State, but not seen in the past 15 years.
  • SNA - Species for which a rank is not applicable. This is mainly those species which are now excluded from flora for various reasons.
  • SNR - Not yet ranked
  • SX - Apparently extirpated from New York State.
 
Global Rank

Each species' global rank is determined by NatureServe. These ranks carry no legal weight. The global rank reflects the species worldwide rarity.

  • G1 - Critically Imperiled — At very high risk of extinction or elimination due to very restricted range, very few populations or occurrences, very steep declines, very severe threats, or other factors.
  • G2 - Imperiled — At high risk of extinction or elimination due to restricted range, few populations or occurrences, steep declines, severe threats, or other factors.
  • G3 - Vulnerable — At moderate risk of extinction or elimination due to a fairly restricted range, relatively few populations or occurrences, recent and widespread declines, threats, or other factors.
  • G4 - Apparently Secure — At fairly low risk of extinction or elimination due to an extensive range and/or many populations or occurrences, but with possible cause for some concern as a result of local recent declines, threats, or other factors.
  • G5 - Secure — At very low risk of extinction or elimination due to a very extensive range, abundant populations or occurrences, and little to no concern from declines or threats.
  • GH - Possibly Extinct — Known from only historical occurrences but still some hope of rediscovery.  Examples of evidence include (1) that a species has not been documented in approximately 20-40 years despite some searching and/or some evidence of significant habitat loss or degradation; (2) that a species has been searched for unsuccessfully, but not thoroughly enough to presume that it is extinct or eliminated throughout its range.
  • GNA - Not Applicable — A conservation status rank is not applicable because the species is not a suitable target for conservation activities. A global conservation status rank may be not applicable for several reasons, related to its relevance as a conservation target. Typically the species is a hybrid without conservation value, or of domestic origin.
  • GNR - Global rank not yet assessed.
  • GX - Presumed Extinct — Not located despite intensive searches and virtually no likelihood of rediscovery.
 
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Definition: Vouchered Specimen

A voucher specimen is a pressed and thoroughly dried plant sample deposited in a herbarium, and is intended to be a permanent record supporting research purposes. A voucher may be a record of a plant's occurrence in a particular area, or a specific example of a plant used in a scientific investigation.

Proper vouchers display all the necessary attributes for complete identification of the plant, and are to be accompanied by accurate locality, habitat, collection time, and collector data.

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