Difference between revisions of "Carex merritt-fernaldii Mackenzie (Q339) "

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accepted id

Carex merritt-fernaldii Mackenzie

taxon name

Carex merritt-fernaldii

Mackenzie

FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.

taxon status

accepted

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taxon name

Carex merritt-fernaldii

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taxon authority

Mackenzie

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taxon rank

species

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taxon status

accepted

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common name

carex de Fernald (French)

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Fernald's sedge (English)

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Merritt Fernald's sedge (English)

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Fernald's oval sedge (English)

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Carex de Fernald (English)

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VasCan taxon numeric id

4979

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distribution

CA-BC

excluded

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Douglas, G.W., G.B. Straley, D.V. Meidinger & J. Pojar. 1998. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia. B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks and B.C. Ministry of Forests. Victoria. Crown Publications. 8 vols.

CA-SK

excluded

1 reference

Harms, V.L. 2003. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Saskatchewan and the provincially and nationally rare native plants in Saskatchewan. University of Saskatchewan, University Extension Press.

CA-MB

present

native

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Manitoba Checklist, 2002

CA-ON

present

native

1 reference

Newmaster, S.G. & S. Ragupathy. 2005. Flora Ontario - Integrated Botanical Information System (FOIBIS), Phase I. University of Guelph, Canada. http://www.uoguelph.ca/foibis http://www.uoguelph.ca/foibis/

CA-QC

present

native

1 reference

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-NB

present

native

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Hinds, H.R. 2000. Flora of New Brunswick : a manual for the identification of the vascular plants of New Brunswick. 2nd edition. Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. 699 pp.

CA-MB

Man.

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CA-NB

N.B.

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CA-ON

Ont.

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CA-QC

Que.

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US-CT

Conn.

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US-ME

Maine

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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-NH

N.H.

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US-NY

N.Y.

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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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parent taxon

Carex sect. Ovales Kunth

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taxon habit

herb

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taxon habitat

dry sands

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gravels

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rocky places

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meadows

1 reference

roadsides

1 reference

acidic substrates

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elevation

50–600 m

measurement range from

50 meter

measurement range to

600 meter

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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

rhizomes appearing elongate only in old clumps.

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d0_s1

Culms 30–100 cm;

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d0_s2

vegetative culms few, inconspicuous, with fewer than 15 (–17) leaves, not strikingly 3-ranked.

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d0_s3

Leaves: sheaths adaxially white-hyaline, summits U-shaped to truncate, sometimes prolonged 1–2 mm beyond collar, not puckered, finely papillose;

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d0_s4

distal ligules 2.5–4.8 mm;

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d0_s5

blades 3–6 per fertile culm, 14–32 cm × 1.5–3 mm.

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d0_s6

Inflorescences compact to open, occasionally elongate and arching or nodding, reddish-brown or straw colored, 1.5–5 cm × 7–15 mm;

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d0_s7

proximal internode 5–15 mm;

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d0_s8

2d internode 3–7 mm;

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d0_s9

proximal bracts scalelike with bristle tips shorter than inflorescences.

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d0_s10

Spikes (4–) 6–8 (–10), distinct, ovoid, 7–15 × 5–9 mm, base rounded, apex rounded or nearly acute.

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d0_s11

Pistillate scales light yellowbrown with paler midvein, lance-subulate or lanceolate, occasionally broadly lanceolate, (3.2–) 3.4–3.8 (–4.2) mm, 0.2–1.3 mm shorter than perignyium beaks, narrower than perigynia, margins white-hyaline, 0.1–0.3 mm wide, apex acute.

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d0_s12

Anthers 1.3–2.6 mm.

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d0_s13

Perigynia 15–80 in larger spikes, ascending, light green to straw colored, conspicuously 5–9-veined abaxially, veinless or faintly 1–5-veined adaxially, broadly ovate to ovate-orbiculate, planoconvex, 3.3–5 × 2.3–3.5 mm, 0.5–0.8 mm thick, irregular, margin flat, including wing 0.4–0.8 mm wide, with 1–2 veins in yellowish wing, smooth;

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d0_s14

beak redbrown at tip, flat, 0.7–1.6 (–1.8) mm, ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture ± conspicuous, distance from beak tip to achene 1.8–3.1 mm.

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d0_s15

2n = 70, 74.

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d0_s17

morphology statement

whole organism

growth form

cespitose

densely

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d0_s0

whole organism

growth form

plant

1 reference

d0_s0

elongate

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d0_s1

general structure

life cycle

old

1 reference

d0_s1

30

100

1 reference

d0_s2

reproduction

vegetative

1 reference

d0_s3

few

1 reference

d0_s3

inconspicuous

1 reference

d0_s3

arrangement

3-ranked

not strikingly

1 reference

d0_s3

leaf

atypical quantity

15

17

1 reference

d0_s3

leaf

0

15

1 reference

d0_s3

leaf sheath

white-hyaline

adaxially

1 reference

d0_s4

leaf ligule

2.5

4.8

1 reference

d0_s5

leaf blade

3

6

1 reference

d0_s6

leaf blade

14

32

1 reference

d0_s6

leaf blade

1.5

3

1 reference

d0_s6

reproduction

fertile

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d0_s6

compact

open

1 reference

d0_s7

elongate

occasionally

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d0_s7

orientation

arching

1 reference

d0_s7

orientation

nodding

1 reference

d0_s7

reddish-brown

1 reference

d0_s7

straw colored

1 reference

d0_s7

1.5

5

1 reference

d0_s7

7

15

1 reference

d0_s7

stem internode

5

15

1 reference

d0_s8

stem internode

3

7

1 reference

d0_s9

inflorescence peduncle bract

scale-like

1 reference

d0_s10

inflorescence peduncle bract

height

size

shorter

1 reference

d0_s10

inflorescence phyllary tip

height

size

shorter

1 reference

d0_s10

atypical quantity

4

6

1 reference

d0_s11

atypical quantity

8

10

1 reference

d0_s11

6

8

1 reference

d0_s11

fusion

distinct

1 reference

d0_s11

ovoid

1 reference

d0_s11

7

15

1 reference

d0_s11

5

9

1 reference

d0_s11

inflorescence phyllaries base

rounded

1 reference

d0_s11

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

rounded

1 reference

d0_s11

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

acute

nearly

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d0_s11

pistillate

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d0_s12

light yellowbrown

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d0_s12

lance-subulate

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d0_s12

lanceolate

1 reference

d0_s12

lanceolate

occasionally broadly

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d0_s12

atypical some measurement

3.2

3.4

1 reference

d0_s12

atypical some measurement

3.8

4.2

1 reference

d0_s12

3.4

3.8

1 reference

d0_s12

0.2

1.3

1 reference

d0_s12

height

size

shorter

1 reference

d0_s12

narrower

1 reference

d0_s12

inflorescence flower petal venation

paler

1 reference

d0_s12

white-hyaline

1 reference

d0_s12

0.1

0.3

1 reference

d0_s12

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

acute

1 reference

d0_s12

inflorescence flower anther

1.3

2.6

1 reference

d0_s13

15

80

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d0_s14

orientation

ascending

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d0_s14

light green

straw colored

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d0_s14

5-9-veined

conspicuously; abaxially

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d0_s14

veinless

1 reference

d0_s14

1-5-veined

faintly; adaxially

1 reference

d0_s14

broadly ovate

ovate-orbiculate

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d0_s14

planoconvex

1 reference

d0_s14

3.3-5×2.3-3.5

1 reference

d0_s14

0.5

0.8

1 reference

d0_s14

course

irregular

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d0_s14

flat

1 reference

d0_s14

0.4

0.8

1 reference

d0_s14

pubescence

relief

smooth

1 reference

d0_s14

inflorescence flower petal venation

1

2

1 reference

d0_s14

inflorescence flower petal venation wing

yellowish

1 reference

d0_s14

redbrown

1 reference

d0_s15

flat

1 reference

d0_s15

atypical some measurement

1.6

1.8

1 reference

d0_s15

0.7

1.6

1 reference

d0_s15

ciliate-serrulate

1 reference

d0_s15

inflorescence flower anther suture

conspicuous

more or less

1 reference

d0_s15

1.8

3.1

1 reference

d0_s15

ovate

1 reference

d0_s17

orbiculate

1 reference

d0_s17

1.4-1.8×1.1-1.5

1 reference

d0_s17

0.5

0.7

1 reference

d0_s17

chromosome

70

1 reference

d0_s17

chromosome

74

1 reference