Difference between revisions of "Carex formosa Dewey (Q237) "

establishment of distribution

occurrence status

present

native

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Database of Vascular Plants of Canada

publication

Marie-Victorin, Fr. 1995. Flore laurentienne. 3e éd. Mise à jour et annotée par L. Brouillet, S.G. Hay, I. Goulet, M. Blondeau, J. Cayouette et J. Labrecque. Gaétan Morin éditeur. 1093 pp.

CA-ON

Ont.

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CA-QC

Que.

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US-CT

Conn.

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US-IL

Ill.

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US-IA

Iowa

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US-MA

Mass.

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US-MI

Mich.

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US-MN

Minn.

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US-NY

N.Y.

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US-ND

N.Dak.

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US-OH

Ohio

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US-VT

Vt.

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US-WI

Wis.

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Carex sect. Hymenochlaenae (Drejer) L. H. Bailey in J. M. Coulter

parent taxon

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Database of Vascular Plants of Canada

taxon habit

herb

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Database of Vascular Plants of Canada

taxon habitat

mesic to dry deciduous forests

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ravines

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moist meadows

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calcareous soils

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special status

F

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E

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taxon description fragment

Plants densely cespitose.

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d0_s0

Culms dark maroon at base;

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d0_s1

flowering-stems 0.5–1 mm thick, 30–80 cm, longer than leaves at maturity, glabrous but scabrous on angles within inflorescence.

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d0_s2

Leaves: basal sheaths maroon, bladeless, pubescent, sometimes glabrous, others grading from marooon to green on back, white-hyaline, red dotted, and pilose on front;

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d0_s3

blades flat, 3–7 mm wide, glabrous on adaxial surface, pilose on abaxial surface and margins.

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d0_s4

peduncles of lateral spikes slender, to 10 cm, usually much longer than spikes, pubescent;

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d0_s6

of terminal spikes 25–50 mm, pubescent;

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d0_s7

proximal bracts nearly equaling but usually not exceeding inflorescences;

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d0_s8

sheaths 35–85 mm;

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d0_s9

blades 2.5–4.5 mm wide.

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d0_s10

Lateral spikes 2–4, 1 per node, well separated, drooping at maturity, pistillate except for 1 or 2 basal staminate flowers in each, with 8–25 perigynia per spike attached 1 mm apart, cylindric, 15–25 × 4–6 mm.

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d0_s11

Terminal spike gynecandrous, 15–30 × 5–6 mm in distal pistillate portion, 1.5–2 mm wide in proximal staminate portion.

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d0_s12

Pistillate scales pale hyaline tinged with chestnut-brown, broad green midrib red dotted, ovate, shorter than mature perigynia, apex acute to cuspidate, awn less than 1 mm, glabrous.

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d0_s13

Perigynia green, copiously red dotted, 2-ribbed with 7–12 fine veins on each face, loosely enveloping achene, ovoid-ellipsoid, 3.5–5 × 1.7–2 mm, membranous, base with short stipe, apex narrowing to abrupt beak, glabrous;

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d0_s14

beak minutely bidentate, less than 0.5 mm.

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d0_s15

Achenes substipitate, 2–2.5 × 1.4–1.5 mm.

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d0_s16

morphology statement

whole organism

growth form

cespitose

densely

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d0_s0

whole organism

growth form

plant

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d0_s0

stem

dark maroon

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d0_s1

thickness

0.5

1

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d0_s2

30

80

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d0_s2

longer

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d0_s2

glabrous

at maturity

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d0_s2

relief

scabrous

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d0_s2

maroon

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d0_s3

bladeless

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d0_s3

pubescent

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d0_s3

glabrous

sometimes

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d0_s3

prominence

flat

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d0_s4

3

7

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d0_s4

glabrous

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d0_s4

pilose

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d0_s4

slender

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d0_s6

0

10

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d0_s6

usually much longer

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d0_s6

pubescent

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d0_s6

25

50

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d0_s7

pubescent

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d0_s7

inflorescence peduncle bract

variability

equaling

nearly

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d0_s8

35

85

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d0_s9

2.5

4.5

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d0_s10

2

4

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d0_s11

1

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d0_s11

arrangement

separated

well

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d0_s11

orientation

drooping

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d0_s11

pistillate

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d0_s11

1

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d0_s11

arrangement

apart

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d0_s11

cylindric

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d0_s11

15

25

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d0_s11

4

6

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d0_s11

inflorescence flower

1

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d0_s11

inflorescence flower

staminate

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d0_s11

8

25

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d0_s11

fixation

attached

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d0_s11

reproduction

gynecandrous

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d0_s12

15

30

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d0_s12

5

6

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d0_s12

inflorescence flower scale

pistillate

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d0_s13

inflorescence flower scale

pale hyaline

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d0_s13

inflorescence flower scale

tinged with chestnut-brown

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d0_s13

broad

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d0_s13

green

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d0_s13

red dotted

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d0_s13

ovate

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d0_s13

height

shorter

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d0_s13

life cycle

mature

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d0_s13

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

acute

cuspidate

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d0_s13

inflorescence spikelet awn

0

1

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d0_s13

inflorescence spikelet awn

glabrous

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d0_s13

green

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d0_s14

red dotted

copiously

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d0_s14

2-ribbed

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d0_s14

ovoid-ellipsoid

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d0_s14

3.5

5

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d0_s14

1.7

2

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d0_s14

texture

membranous

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d0_s14

7

12

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d0_s14

fine

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d0_s14

leaf stalk

height

short

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

narrowing

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

glabrous

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d0_s14

fruit beak

abrupt

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d0_s14

fruit beak

bidentate

minutely

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d0_s15

fruit beak

0

0.5

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d0_s15

fruit

substipitate

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d0_s16

fruit

2

2.5

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d0_s16

fruit

1.4

1.5

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