Carex saximontana Mackenzie (Q496)

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Carex saximontana is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Phyllostachyae
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Carex saximontana Mackenzie
Carex saximontana is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Phyllostachyae

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    taxon/id/Carex saximontana Mackenzie
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    Carex saximontana Mackenzie
    Carex saximontana
    Mackenzie
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    carex des Rocheuses (French)
    Rocky Mountain sedge (English)
    Rocky Mountain sedge (English)
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    Harms, V.L. 2006. Annotated catalogue of Saskatchewan vascular plants. http://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/Docs/AnnotatedCatalogueSKVascPlants2006.pdf
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    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/
    1 reference
    Saarela, J.M. & B.A. Ford. 2001. Taxonomy of the Carex backii complex (Section Phyllostachyae, Cyperaceae). Systematic Botany 26: 704-721.
    moist to dry
    moist to open prairies
    deciduous woodlands
    ridges
    slopes
    Culms 2.5–34 cm.
    Leaves: basal sheaths pale to medium brown;
    blades dark green to greenish glaucous, 1.9–4.9 mm wide, longer than stems, coriaceous, margins white-hyaline, smooth or scabrous.
    Lateral spikes 0–2, basal, on erect peduncles.
    Terminal spikes with staminate portion 2–3-flowered, 1.6–3.4 × 0.5–1.6 mm;
    Pistillate scales green;
    proximal scales with margins 2.4–4.6 mm wide, essentially concealing perigynia, apex acute;
    distal scales lanceolate to ovate, apex awned to acute.
    Staminate scales green or white, ovate to oblong, 1.5–3 × 1–1.6 mm, margins connate near base or for entire length, enfolding scales above, white or with brown subapical band, apex obtuse.
    Anthers 1–1.5 mm.
    Perigynia pale green, obovoid, 3.2–4.9 × 1.6–2.5 mm, tightly enveloping achenes, apex abruptly tapered, papillose on distal 1/3;
    beak 0.6–1.2 mm, scabrous.
    Stigmas clavate, erect, short, thick, minutely papillose.
    Achenes pale to dark-brown, obpyriform, 2.5–3 × 1.6–2.4 mm. 2n = 64.