Carex longii Mackenzie (Q337)

establishment of distribution

occurrence status

present

native

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publication

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-NS

establishment of distribution

occurrence status

present

native

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publication

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

CA-NS

N.S.

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CA-ON

Ont.

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US-AL

Ala.

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US-AR

Ark.

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US-CT

Conn.

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US-DE

Del.

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US-DC

D.C.

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US-FL

Fla.

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US-GA

Ga.

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US-IL

Ill.

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US-IN

Ind.

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US-KY

Ky.

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US-LA

La.

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US-ME

Maine

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US-MD

Md.

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US-MA

Mass.

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US-MI

Mich.

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US-MS

Miss.

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US-MO

Mo.

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US-NJ

N.J.

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US-NY

N.Y.

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US-NC

N.C.

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US-OH

Ohio

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US-OK

Okla.

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US-PA

Pa.

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US-RI

R.I.

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US-SC

S.C.

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US-TN

Tenn.

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US-TX

Tex.

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US-VT

Vt.

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US-VA

Va.

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US-WI

Wis.

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US-WV

W.Va.

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Mexico

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West Indies (Haiti)

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Bermuda

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Central America

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South America

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Pacific Islands (Hawaii)

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New Zealand

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parent taxon

Carex sect. Ovales Kunth

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taxon habit

herb

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taxon habitat

sandy soils

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fields

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thickets

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ditches

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pond edges

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open woods

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bogs

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elevation

0–800 m

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special status

F

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taxon description fragment

Plants densely cespitose.

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d0_s0

Culms 30–120 (–140) cm;

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d0_s1

vegetative culms with few leaves clustered at apex.

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d0_s2

Leaves: sheaths adaxially conspicuously green-veined nearly to collar, with a narrow hyaline band or sharp Y-shaped hyaline region at collar;

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d0_s3

adaxially firm, summits U-shaped, finely papillose;

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d0_s4

distal ligules 1.8–4.4 (–6) mm;

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d0_s5

blades 2–4 (–6) per fertile culm, 8–30 cm × 2–4.5 mm.

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d0_s6

Inflorescences ± erect, usually open, green to brown, 1–4.5 (–6) cm × 5–14 mm;

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d0_s7

proximal internode 1–14 mm;

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d0_s8

2d internode 3–8 mm;

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d0_s9

proximal bracts scalelike, often with bristle tips.

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d0_s10

Spikes 3–10, distinct, ellipsoid to ovoid, 6–13 (–17) × 3.8–7 mm, base rounded or obtuse, apex obtuse to broadly acute;

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d0_s11

Pistillate scales white-hyaline, becoming pale silvery brown with age, with pale or green center, broadly lanceolate, 2.2–3.7 mm, shorter and narrower than perigynia, apex obtuse.

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d0_s13

Perigynia appressed-ascending, green to drab brown, conspicuously 5–many-veined on each face, obovate, flat except over achene, 3–4.6 × 1.6–2.6 (–2.8) mm, 0.4–0.5 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.5–0.8 mm wide;

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d0_s14

beak green to brown at tip, flat, broadly triangular, ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture with conspicuous white hyaline margin, distance from beak tip to achene 1.4–2.2 mm.

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d0_s15

Achenes oblong, 1.3–1.7 × 0.7–1 mm, 0.4–0.5 mm thick, apiculum less than 0.4 mm;

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