Carex microptera Mackenzie (Q340)

present

native

1 reference

Packer, J.G. & A.J. Gould. 2017.Vascular Plants of Alberta. Part 1: Ferns, Fern Allies, Gymnospermes, and Monocots. University of Calgary Press, Calgary.

CA-SK

present

native

1 reference

Harms, V.L. 2006. Annotated catalogue of Saskatchewan vascular plants. http://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/Docs/AnnotatedCatalogueSKVascPlants2006.pdf

CA-MB

present

native

1 reference

Manitoba Checklist, 2002

CA-YT

present

native

1 reference

Cody, W.J. 2000. Flora of the Yukon Territory. 2nd ed. National Research Press, Ottawa. 669 pp.

CA-NT

present

native

1 reference

Cody W., K.L. Reading & J.M. Line. 2003. Additions and range extensions to the vascular flora of the continental Northwest Territories, Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist 117 (3): 448-465.

CA-AB

Alta.

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CA-BC

B.C.

1 reference

CA-MB

Man.

1 reference

CA-NT

N.W.T.

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CA-SK

Sask.

1 reference

CA-YT

Yukon

1 reference

US-AZ

Ariz.

1 reference

US-CA

Calif.

1 reference

US-CO

Colo.

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US-ID

Idaho

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US-MT

Mont.

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US-NV

Nev.

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US-NM

N.Mex.

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US-OR

Oreg.

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US-SD

S.Dak.

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US-UT

Utah

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US-WA

Wash.

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US-WY

Wyo.

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Mexico

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parent taxon

Carex sect. Ovales Kunth

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taxon habit

herb

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taxon habitat

moderately wet to dry meadows

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slopes

1 reference

watercourses

1 reference

disturbed habitats

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elevation

200–3400 m

measurement range from

200 meter

measurement range to

3,400 meter

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special status

F

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taxon description fragment

Plants densely cespitose.

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d0_s0

Culms 20–110 cm.

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d0_s1

Leaves: sheath adaxially white-hyaline, summits usually U-shaped, occasionally prolonged to 3 mm beyond collar;

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d0_s2

distal ligules (1–) 2–3 (–6) mm;

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d0_s3

blades (2–) 3–7 per fertile culm, 10–50 cm × 2–5 mm.

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d0_s4

Inflorescences usually dense, light to dark-brown and green, (0.8–) 1.1–2.6 cm × 9.5–17.5 mm;

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d0_s5

proximal internode 0.5–3 (–4) mm;

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d0_s6

2d internode 0.5–2 (–3) mm;

1 reference

d0_s7

proximal bracts scalelike or rarely leaflike, occasionally bristlelike, shorter than inflorescences.

1 reference

d0_s8

Spikes 4–10 (–14), densely aggregated, individually indistinct, usually broadly ovoid, 5–9 (–11) × 4.3–7 mm, base and apex rounded or sometimes acute.

1 reference

d0_s9

Pistillate scales brown, often red, purple, or coppery tinged, with pale or green midstripe, ovate, 2.4–3.5 mm, shorter than and narrower or as wide as perigynia, white margin 0–0.1 mm wide, apex acute.

1 reference

d0_s10

Perigynia ascending to spreading, green or straw colored to brown when mature, conspicuously (0–) 3–8 (–11) -veined abaxially, conspicuously 0–8-veined adaxially, veins usually not reaching top of achene, ovate to broadly ovate, flat except over achene or ± planoconvex because of air within, (2.8–) 3.4–4.5 (–5.2) × 1.1–2.4 mm, 0.3–0.5 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.2–0.5 mm wide, ciliate-serrulate at least on distal body, without metallic sheen, dull to slightly shiny;

1 reference

d0_s11

beak tip gold or redbrown to dark-brown, cylindric, unwinged, at least 1 mm, ± entire for 0.2–0.6 (–0.9) mm, abaxial suture inconspicuous or with white margin, distance from beak tip to achene 1.5–2.5 (–2.8) mm.

1 reference

d0_s12

2n = 80, 90.

1 reference

d0_s14

morphology statement

whole organism

growth form

cespitose

densely

1 reference

d0_s0

whole organism

growth form

plant

1 reference

d0_s0

stem

20

110

1 reference

d0_s1

leaf sheath

white-hyaline

adaxially

1 reference

d0_s2

leaf ligule

1

2

1 reference

d0_s3

leaf ligule

3

6

1 reference

d0_s3

leaf ligule

2

3

1 reference

d0_s3

atypical quantity

2

3

1 reference

d0_s4

3

7

1 reference

d0_s4

10

50

1 reference

d0_s4

2

5

1 reference

d0_s4

stem

reproduction

fertile

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d0_s4

density

dense

usually

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d0_s5

light

dark-brown and green

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d0_s5

atypical length

0.8

1.1

1 reference

d0_s5

1.1

2.6

1 reference

d0_s5

9.5

17.5

1 reference

d0_s5

3

4

1 reference

d0_s6

0.5

3

1 reference

d0_s6

2

3

1 reference

d0_s7

0.5

2

1 reference

d0_s7

scale-like

1 reference

d0_s8

leaflike

rarely

1 reference

d0_s8

bristlelike

occasionally

1 reference

d0_s8

height

size

shorter

1 reference

d0_s8

atypical quantity

10

14

1 reference

d0_s9

4

10

1 reference

d0_s9

arrangement

aggregated

densely

1 reference

d0_s9

indistinct

individually

1 reference

d0_s9

ovoid

usually broadly

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d0_s9

atypical length

9

11

1 reference

d0_s9

5

9

1 reference

d0_s9

4.3

7

1 reference

d0_s9

inflorescence phyllaries base

rounded

1 reference

d0_s9

inflorescence phyllaries base

acute

sometimes

1 reference

d0_s9

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

rounded

1 reference

d0_s9

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

acute

sometimes

1 reference

d0_s9

pistillate

1 reference

d0_s10

brown

1 reference

d0_s10

red

often

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d0_s10

purple

1 reference

d0_s10

coppery tinged

1 reference

d0_s10

purple

1 reference

d0_s10

coppery tinged

1 reference

d0_s10

ovate

1 reference

d0_s10

2.4

3.5

1 reference

d0_s10

narrower

1 reference

d0_s10

as-wide-as perigynia

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d0_s10

pale

1 reference

d0_s10

green

1 reference

d0_s10

white

1 reference

d0_s10

0

0.1

1 reference

d0_s10

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

acute

1 reference

d0_s10

orientation

ascending

spreading

1 reference

d0_s11

straw colored

brown

1 reference

d0_s11

(0-)3-8(-11)-veined

conspicuously; abaxially

1 reference

d0_s11

0-8-veined

conspicuously; adaxially

1 reference

d0_s11

ovate

broadly ovate

1 reference

d0_s11

flat

1 reference

d0_s11

2.8

3.4-4.5

1 reference

d0_s11

3.4-4.5

5.2

1 reference

d0_s11

3.4-4.5

1 reference

d0_s11

0.3

0.5

1 reference

d0_s11

flat

1 reference

d0_s11

0.2

0.5

1 reference

d0_s11

ciliate-serrulate

1 reference

d0_s11

reflectance

dull

slightly shiny

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d0_s11

redbrown

dark-brown

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d0_s12

cylindric

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d0_s12

unwinged

1 reference

d0_s12

1

at least

1 reference

d0_s12

entire

more or less

1 reference

d0_s12

0.6

0.9

1 reference

d0_s12

0.2

0.6

1 reference

d0_s12

inconspicuous

1 reference

d0_s12

with white margin

1 reference

d0_s12

white

1 reference

d0_s12

2.5

2.8

1 reference

d0_s12

1.5

2.5

1 reference

d0_s12

ovate

obovate

1 reference

d0_s14

1.1-1.6×0.7-1.2

1 reference

d0_s14

0.3

0.5

1 reference

d0_s14

chromosome

80

1 reference

d0_s14

chromosome

90

1 reference