Carex canescens Linnaeus (Q185)
Carex canescens is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Glareosae
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Carex canescens Linnaeus
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Carex canescens is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Glareosae
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taxon/id/Carex canescens Linnaeus
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Carex canescens Linnaeus
Carex canescens
Linnaeus
FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
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CA-AB
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CA-BC
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CA-MB
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CA-NB
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CA-NS
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CA-NT
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CA-ON
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CA-PE
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CA-QC
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CA-SK
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CA-YT
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US-AK
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US-AZ
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US-CA
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US-CO
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US-CT
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US-DC
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US-DE
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US-ID
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US-IL
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US-IN
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US-ME
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US-MA
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US-MD
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US-MI
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US-MN
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US-MT
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US-NC
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US-NH
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US-NJ
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US-NM
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US-NY
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US-NV
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US-OH
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US-OR
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US-PA
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US-RI
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US-SC
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US-SD
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US-UT
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US-VA
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Plants cespitose, in small and medium-sized clumps;
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Culms erect, not stiff, 15–90 cm.
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Leaves: sheaths pale-brown abaxially, inner band thin, hyaline, sometimes slightly red tinged, concave at summit;
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ligules slightly longer than wide;
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blades pale green to gray-green flat, 10–20 (–30) cm × (1.5–) 2–4 mm, subequal to shorter than culms, not stiff.
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Inflorescences 2–15 cm × 5–10 mm;
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proximal bracts shorter than to exceeding spikes;
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distal bracts usually scalelike.
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Spikes 4–8, gynecandrous, proximal ± remote, distal spikes approximate, sometimes flexuous, containing (5–) 10–20 (–30) perigynia suborbicular to oblong, 3–12 × 3–5 mm;
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terminal spike staminate for less than 1/2 of length, often clavate due to more conspicuous staminate part.
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Pistillate scales hyaline with green, 3-veined center when young, usually brownish tinged in age, broadly ovate, subequal to, not concealing perigynia, apex obtuse to acutish.
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Perigynia appressed-ascending, gray-green, becoming yellowish-brown, obscurely many-veined, elliptic-ovate, 1.8–3 × 1.2–1.7 mm, widest near middle, membranous;
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beak abaxial suture inconspicuous, small marginal teeth.
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slightly longer than wide
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