Carex castanea Wahlenberg (Q232)

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

1 reference

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-NS

present

native

1 reference

Zinck, M. 1998. Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia. Nimber Publishing & Nova Scotia Museum. Halifax, N. S. 2 vols. 1297 pp.

Newfoundland, CA

present

native

1 reference

Meades, S., S.G. Hay & L. Brouillet. 2000. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador. Published in association with A Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador Vascular Plants. http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm (consulted 2009-09-02) http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm

Labrador, CA

present

native

1 reference

Meades, S., S.G. Hay & L. Brouillet. 2000. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador. Published in association with A Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador Vascular Plants. http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm (consulted 2009-09-02) http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm

CA-MB

Man.

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CA-NB

N.B.

1 reference

CA-NL

Nfld. and Labr.

1 reference

CA-NS

N.S.

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CA-ON

Ont.

1 reference

CA-QC

Que.

1 reference

US-CT

Conn.

1 reference

US-ME

Maine

1 reference

US-MI

Mich.

1 reference

US-MN

Minn.

1 reference

US-NH

N.H.

1 reference

US-NY

N.Y.

1 reference

US-TN

Tenn.

1 reference

US-VT

Vt.

1 reference

US-WI

Wis.

1 reference

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

parent taxon

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taxon habit

herb

1 reference

taxon habitat

cedar swamps

1 reference

rich mesic deciduous

1 reference

mixed conifer-hardwood forests

1 reference

mixed coniferous forests

1 reference

margins

1 reference

mesic meadows

1 reference

calcareous soils

1 reference

special status

F

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E

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taxon description fragment

Plants with short rhizomes, loosely cespitose.

1 reference

d0_s0

Culms dark maroon at base;

1 reference

d0_s1

flowering-stems 40–90 cm, much longer than leaves at maturity, 0.5–1 mm thick, sparingly pilose.

1 reference

d0_s2

Leaves: basal sheaths maroon, bladeless, pilose;

1 reference

d0_s3

blades flat, 2.5–9 mm wide, pilose on both surfaces, sparsely so adaxially, margins smooth or ciliate.

1 reference

d0_s5

Inflorescences: peduncles of lateral spikes capillary, 10–20 mm, glabrous or pubescent;

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d0_s6

peduncle of terminal spike erect, 3–5 mm;

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d0_s7

proximal bracts hyaline, reduced to green awn or less often leaflike and 0.3–1.5 mm wide;

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d0_s8

sheaths usually less than 3 mm (to 10 mm).

1 reference

d0_s9

Lateral spikes 2–4, 1 per node, mostly near apex but not crowded, drooping at maturity, pistillate with 10–40 perigynia attached 1 mm apart, narrowly cylindric, 8–25 × 4–5 mm.

1 reference

d0_s10

Terminal spike staminate, sessile or pedunculate, 10–30 × 1.4–3 (4) mm.

1 reference

d0_s11

Pistillate scales hyaline suffused with chestnut with broad green midrib, ovate, shorter to nearly as long as mature perigynia, apex acute to cuspidate, awns less than 1 mm, often ciliate distally.

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d0_s12

Perigynia light green, usually red dotted, 2-ribbed and 5–7-veined, at least proximally and abaxially, loosely enveloping achene, ellipsoid, 2.5–5 × 1.3–2.5 mm, membranous, base acute, apex tapering to beak, glabrous;

1 reference

d0_s13

beak bidentate to 1.5 mm, teeth 0.5 mm, ciliate between apical teeth.

1 reference

d0_s14

Achenes substipitate, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm. 2n = 44, 64.

1 reference

d0_s15

morphology statement

whole organism

growth form

cespitose

loosely

1 reference

d0_s0

whole organism

growth form

plant

1 reference

d0_s0

stem

height

short

1 reference

d0_s0

stem

dark maroon

1 reference

d0_s1

inflorescence flowering-stem

40

90

1 reference

d0_s2

inflorescence flowering-stem

much longer

1 reference

d0_s2

inflorescence flowering-stem

pilose

sparingly

1 reference

d0_s2

leaf

thick

1 reference

d0_s2

maroon

1 reference

d0_s3

bladeless

1 reference

d0_s3

pilose

1 reference

d0_s3

leaf blade

prominence

flat

1 reference

d0_s5

leaf blade

2.5

9

1 reference

d0_s5

leaf blade

pilose

1 reference

d0_s5

inflorescence palea margin

smooth

sparsely; adaxially

1 reference

d0_s5

inflorescence palea margin

ciliate

1 reference

d0_s5

capillary

1 reference

d0_s6

10

20

1 reference

d0_s6

glabrous

1 reference

d0_s6

pubescent

1 reference

d0_s6

orientation

erect

1 reference

d0_s7

3

5

1 reference

d0_s7

inflorescence peduncle bract

hyaline

1 reference

d0_s8

inflorescence peduncle bract

reduced

1 reference

d0_s8

green

1 reference

d0_s8

leaflike

less often

1 reference

d0_s8

0.3

1.5

1 reference

d0_s8

0

3

1 reference

d0_s9

2

4

1 reference

d0_s10

1

1 reference

d0_s10

orientation

drooping

1 reference

d0_s10

1

1 reference

d0_s10

arrangement

apart

1 reference

d0_s10

cylindric

narrowly

1 reference

d0_s10

8

25

1 reference

d0_s10

4

5

1 reference

d0_s10

arrangement

crowded

not

1 reference

d0_s10

life cycle

maturity

1 reference

d0_s10

pistillate

1 reference

d0_s10

10

40

1 reference

d0_s10

fixation

attached

1 reference

d0_s10

staminate

1 reference

d0_s11

sessile

1 reference

d0_s11

pedunculate

1 reference

d0_s11

10

30

1 reference

d0_s11

atypical width

4

1 reference

d0_s11

1.4

3

1 reference

d0_s11

pistillate

1 reference

d0_s12

hyaline suffused

1 reference

d0_s12

chestnut

1 reference

d0_s12

ovate

1 reference

d0_s12

height

shorter

1 reference

d0_s12

inflorescence flower petal venation

broad

1 reference

d0_s12

inflorescence flower petal venation

green

1 reference

d0_s12

life cycle

mature

nearly

1 reference

d0_s12

acute to cuspidate

1 reference

d0_s12

0

1

1 reference

d0_s12

ciliate

often; distally

1 reference

d0_s12

light green

1 reference

d0_s13

red dotted

usually

1 reference

d0_s13

2-ribbed

1 reference

d0_s13

5-7-veined

1 reference

d0_s13

ellipsoid

at-least proximally; proximally; abaxially

1 reference

d0_s13

2.5

5

1 reference

d0_s13

1.3

2.5

1 reference

d0_s13

texture

membranous

1 reference

d0_s13

inflorescence phyllaries base

acute

1 reference

d0_s13

tapering

1 reference

d0_s13

glabrous

1 reference

d0_s13

fruit beak

bidentate

1 reference

d0_s14

fruit beak

0

1.5

1 reference

d0_s14

fruit

substipitate

1 reference

d0_s15

fruit

1.5

2

1 reference

d0_s15

fruit

1

1.5

1 reference

d0_s15

chromosome

44

1 reference

d0_s15

chromosome

64

1 reference