Carex molesta Mackenzie ex Bright (Q341)

establishment of distribution

occurrence status

present

native

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publication

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-ON

Ont.

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CA-QC

Que.

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US-AL

Ala.

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US-AR

Ark.

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US-CA

Calif.

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US-CT

Conn.

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US-IL

Ill.

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US-IN

Ind.

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US-IA

Iowa

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US-KS

Kans.

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US-KY

Ky.

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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-MN

Minn.

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US-MS

Miss.

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US-MO

Mo.

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US-NE

Nebr.

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US-NH

N.H.

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US-NY

N.Y.

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US-ND

N.Dak.

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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-TN

Tenn.

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US-VT

Vt.

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US-VA

Va.

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US-WV

W.Va.

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US-WI

Wis.

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CA-SK

occurrence status

excluded

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publication

Harms, V.L. 2003. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Saskatchewan and the provincially and nationally rare native plants in Saskatchewan. University of Saskatchewan, University Extension Press.

CA-MB

occurrence status

excluded

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publication

Manitoba Checklist, 2002

parent taxon

Carex sect. Ovales Kunth

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taxon habit

herb

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taxon habitat

fields

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roadsides

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bottomlands

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open woods

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wet

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heavy

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calcareous

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dry to wet

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calcareous soils

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elevation

100–700 m

measurement range from

100 meter

measurement range to

700 meter

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special status

F

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E

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taxon description fragment

Plants cespitose.

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d0_s0

Culms 35–110 cm;

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d0_s1

vegetative culms few, inconspicuous, usually fewer than 15 leaves, not strikingly 3-ranked, leaves clustered at apex.

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d0_s2

Leaves: sheaths adaxially green, narrow hyaline band near collar, adaxially firm, summits U-shaped, smooth;

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d0_s3

distal ligules 1.5–3.2 mm;

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d0_s4

blades 3–6 per fertile culm, 12–38 cm × 1.5–4 mm.

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d0_s5

Inflorescences erect, ± congested, green to light-brown, 1.3–3 (–3.5) cm × 7–16 mm;

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d0_s6

proximal internode 1.5–6 mm;

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d0_s7

2d internode 2.5–6.5 mm;

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d0_s8

proximal bracts aristate, with bristle tips shorter than inflorescences.

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d0_s9

Spikes 2–4 (–5), overlapping, globose to ellipsoid, 6–16 × 5–12 mm, base and apex rounded;

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d0_s10

terminal spike usually lacking conspicuous staminate base.

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d0_s11

Pistillate scales hyaline-brown, with green or pale midstripe, ovate, 2.9–3.5 mm, much shorter and narrower than perigynia, margins pale, apex acute.

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d0_s12

Perigynia (25–) 30–80 per spike, spreading at maturity, ascending-spreading, pale-brown, conspicuously 5-veined or more abaxially, conspicuously 0–6-veined adaxially, elliptic to ± orbiculate, planoconvex, (3–) 3.3–4.8 (–5.7) × 1.8–3 mm, 0.5–0.6 mm thick, 1.2–1.8 times as long as wide, margin flat, including wing 0.4–0.8 mm wide, smooth;

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d0_s13

beak light-brown at tip, flat, 0.7–1.6 (–1.8) mm, ± ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture with white or hyaline golden brown margin, distance from beak tip to achene 1.6–2.6 mm.

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d0_s14

2n = 68, 70.

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d0_s16

morphology statement

whole organism

growth form

cespitose

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d0_s0

whole organism

growth form

plant

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d0_s0

leaf

growth form

clustered

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d0_s2

leaf sheath

green

adaxially

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d0_s3

leaf ligule

1.5

3.2

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d0_s4

leaf blade

3

6

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d0_s5

leaf blade

12

38

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d0_s5

leaf blade

1.5

4

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d0_s5

orientation

erect

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d0_s6

congested

more or less

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d0_s6

green

light-brown

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d0_s6

atypical length

3

3.5

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d0_s6

1.3

3

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d0_s6

7

16

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d0_s6

stem internode

1.5

6

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d0_s7

stem internode

2.5

6.5

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d0_s8

inflorescence peduncle bract

aristate

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d0_s9

inflorescence peduncle bract

height

size

shorter

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d0_s9

inflorescence phyllary tip

height

size

shorter

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d0_s9

rounded

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d0_s10

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

rounded

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d0_s10

lacking

usually

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d0_s11

conspicuous

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d0_s11

staminate

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d0_s11

pistillate

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d0_s12

hyaline-brown

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d0_s12

ovate

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d0_s12

2.9

3.5

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d0_s12

height

size

shorter

much

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d0_s12

much shorter and narrower

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d0_s12

pale

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d0_s12

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

acute

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d0_s12

atypical quantity

25

30

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d0_s13

30

80

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d0_s13

orientation

spreading

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d0_s13

orientation

ascending-spreading

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d0_s13

pale-brown

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d0_s13

5-veined

conspicuously; abaxially

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d0_s13

0-6-veined

conspicuously; adaxially

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d0_s13

elliptic

more or less orbiculate

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d0_s13

planoconvex

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d0_s13

3

3.3-4.8

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d0_s13

3.3-4.8

5.7

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d0_s13

3.3-4.8

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d0_s13

0.5

0.6

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d0_s13

l w ratio

1.2-1.8

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d0_s13

flat

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d0_s13

0.4

0.8

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d0_s13

pubescence

relief

smooth

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d0_s13

light-brown

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d0_s14

flat

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d0_s14

atypical some measurement

1.6

1.8

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d0_s14

0.7

1.6

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d0_s14

ciliate-serrulate

more or less

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d0_s14

white

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d0_s14

hyaline golden

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d0_s14

brown

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d0_s14

chromosome

68

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d0_s16

chromosome

70

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d0_s16

35

110

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d0_s1

reproduction

vegetative

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d0_s2

few

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d0_s2

inconspicuous

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d0_s2

0

15

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d0_s2

3-ranked

not strikingly

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d0_s2

reproduction

fertile

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d0_s5

atypical quantity

4

5

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d0_s10

2

4

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d0_s10

overlapping

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d0_s10

globose

ellipsoid

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d0_s10

6

16

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d0_s10

5

12

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d0_s10

inflorescence flower petal venation midstripe

green

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d0_s12

inflorescence flower petal venation midstripe

pale

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d0_s12

1.6

2.6

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d0_s14

elliptic

narrowly oblong

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d0_s16

1.3-1.7×0.9-1.3

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d0_s16

0.5

0.6

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d0_s16

GBIF taxon key

2725562

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

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