Carex arcta Boott (Q177)

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-ON

present

native

1 reference

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-QC

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-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

Porsild, A.E. & W.J. Cody. 1980. Vascular Plants of the Continental Northwest Territories, Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Ont. 667 pp.

CA-AB

Alta.

1 reference

CA-BC

B.C.

1 reference

CA-MB

Man.

1 reference

CA-NB

N.B.

1 reference

CA-ON

Ont.

1 reference

CA-QC

Que.

1 reference

CA-YT

Yukon

1 reference

US-CA

Calif.

1 reference

US-ID

Idaho

1 reference

US-ME

Maine

1 reference

US-MA

Mass.

1 reference

US-MI

Mich.

1 reference

US-MN

Minn.

1 reference

US-MT

Mont.

1 reference

US-NH

N.H.

1 reference

US-NY

N.Y.

1 reference

US-OR

Oreg.

1 reference

US-VT

Vt.

1 reference

US-WA

Wash.

1 reference

US-WI

Wis.

1 reference

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

Carex sect. Glareosae G. Don in J. C. Loudon

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

parent taxon

1 reference

taxon habit

herb

1 reference

taxon habitat

woods

1 reference

thickets

1 reference

wet meadows

1 reference

elevation

0–2000 m

1 reference

special status

F

1 reference

E

1 reference

taxon description fragment

Plants densely cespitose;

1 reference

d0_s0

rhizomes short.

1 reference

d0_s1

Culms erect, slender, 15–80 cm, very rough distally.

1 reference

d0_s2

Leaves: sheaths pale to graybrown abaxially, inner band thin, hyaline, conspicuously purplish dotted, concave at summit;

1 reference

d0_s3

ligules acute, longer than wide;

1 reference

d0_s4

blades pale to gray-green, flat, 15–50 cm × 2–4 mm, shorter than to exceeding culms.

1 reference

d0_s5

Inflorescences erect, ovoid-oblong, 1.5–4 cm × 7–12 mm;

1 reference

d0_s6

proximal bracts (sometimes also 2d) bristlelike-prolonged, from short to clearly exceeding spikes, distal bracts usually scalelike.

1 reference

d0_s7

Spikes 5–15, gynecandrous, proximal often slightly separate, distal closely approximate (sometimes hardly recognizable), containing 10–20 perigynia, sessile, oblong, 5–10 × 4–6 mm.

1 reference

d0_s8

Pistillate scales hyaline with green center, often brown tinged, ovate, shorter than perigynia, apex obtuse to short-cuspidate.

1 reference

d0_s9

Perigynia spreadingascending, greenish, often brown in age, several-veined, ovate, widest near base, 2–3 (–3.5) × 1.25–1.5 mm, minutely papillose (membranous);

1 reference

d0_s10

beak abaxial suture conspicuous, 0.75–1.25 mm, margin serrulate.

1 reference