Carex grisea Wahlenberg (Q217)

establishment of distribution

occurrence status

present

native

1 reference

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-NB

establishment of distribution

occurrence status

present

native

1 reference

publication

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-NB

N.B.

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CA-ON

Ont.

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CA-QC

Que.

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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-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-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-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-NJ

N.J.

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US-NY

N.Y.

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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-SD

S.Dak.

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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-WV

W.Va.

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US-WI

Wis.

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Carex sect. Griseae (L. H. Bailey) Kükenthal in H. G. A. Engler

parent taxon

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taxon habit

herb

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taxon habitat

mesic deciduous forests

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forest openings

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sandy

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calcium-rich alluvia

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flood plains

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elevation

10–400 m

measurement range from

10 meter

measurement range to

400 meter

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special status

F

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E

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taxon description fragment

Plants densely cespitose;

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d0_s0

rhizome internodes 1.2–2 mm thick.

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d0_s1

Culms dark purple-red to 2–3.2 cm high or rarely brown at base, 15–90 cm.

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d0_s2

Leaves: sheaths glabrous;

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d0_s3

blades green, widest blades (3.7–) 4.2–8.2 (–9.1) mm wide, smooth abaxially.

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d0_s4

Inflorescences 0.38–0.85 of culm height;

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d0_s5

peduncles of lateral spikes smooth or barely scaberulous;

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d0_s6

peduncles of terminal spikes 1.6–22 (–51) mm, usually barely exceeding lateral spikes;

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d0_s7

proximal bract sheath loose, abaxially glabrous, sheath front slightly concave to slightly convex, elongated 0.7–2.5 (–4.4) mm beyond apex;

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d0_s8

ligules (1.8–) 3–7.5 (–11.2) mm;

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d0_s9

distal bract slightly exceeding or rarely much exceeding terminal spike.

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d0_s10

Spikes (3–) 4–5 (–6), distal 2–4 overlapping;

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d0_s11

lateral spikes pistillate or rarely androgynous, with 3–19 perigynia, 5–31 × 6.7–11.4 mm, ratio of spike length (in mm) to flower number =1.6–2.1 (–2.8);

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d0_s12

terminal spikes 7–35 × 1.5–3.1 mm.

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d0_s13

Pistillate scales 4–8.2 × 2.1–2.6 mm, margins whitish, usually with redbrown speckles, entire, apex with awn 0.9–5.3 mm.

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d0_s14

Staminate scales 2.7–5 × 1.1–2.1 mm.

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d0_s15

Anthers 2.3–3.3 mm.

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d0_s16

Perigynia spirally imbricate, 52–64-veined, unwrinkled, narrowly ellipsoid to obovoid, orbicular or suborbicular in cross-section, (4.2–) 4.5–5.1 (–5.3) × (1.8–) 2–2.6 mm, 1.8–2.3 (–2.6) times as long as wide, lustrous, base very gradually tapered, apex gradually tapered;

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d0_s17

beak absent or straight, 0–0.2 mm.

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d0_s18

Achenes broadly obovoid to obovoid, widest at 0.6–0.66 (–0.7) of body length, (2.6–) 3.1–3.5 (–3.7) × 1.7–2.1 (–2.2) mm, loosely enveloped by perigynia;

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d0_s19

stipe straight, (0.2–) 0.3–0.4 (–0.5) mm;

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d0_s20

beak straight, (0.2–) 0.3–0.6 mm.

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d0_s21

morphology statement

whole organism

growth form

cespitose

densely

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d0_s0

whole organism

growth form

plant

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d0_s0

stem internode

thickness

1.2

2

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d0_s1

dark purple-red

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d0_s2

height

2

3.2

1 reference

d0_s2

brown

rarely

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d0_s2

15

90

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d0_s2

leaf sheath

glabrous

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d0_s3

green

1 reference

d0_s4

3.7

4.2

1 reference

d0_s4

8.2

9.1

1 reference

d0_s4

4.2

8.2

1 reference

d0_s4

smooth

abaxially

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d0_s4

0.38

0.85

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d0_s5

smooth

1 reference

d0_s6

scaberulous

barely

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d0_s6

22

51

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d0_s7

1.6

22

1 reference

d0_s7

leaf sheath

fragility

loose

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d0_s8

leaf sheath

glabrous

abaxially

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d0_s8

leaf ligule

1.8

3

1 reference

d0_s9

leaf ligule

7.5

11.2

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d0_s9

leaf ligule

3

7.5

1 reference

d0_s9

inflorescence peduncle bract

position relational

exceeding

slightly

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d0_s10

inflorescence peduncle bract

position relational

rarely much exceeding terminal spike

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d0_s10

atypical quantity

3

4

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d0_s11

atypical quantity

5

6

1 reference

d0_s11

4

5

1 reference

d0_s11

2

4

1 reference

d0_s11

arrangement

overlapping

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d0_s11

pistillate

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d0_s12

reproduction

androgynous

rarely

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d0_s12

3

19

1 reference

d0_s12

5

31

1 reference

d0_s12

6.7

11.4

1 reference

d0_s12

inflorescence flower

atypical quantity

2.1

2.8

1 reference

d0_s12

inflorescence flower

1.6

2.1

1 reference

d0_s12

7

35

1 reference

d0_s13

1.5

3.1

1 reference

d0_s13

pistillate

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d0_s14

4

8.2

1 reference

d0_s14

2.1

2.6

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d0_s14

inflorescence palea margin

whitish

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d0_s14

inflorescence palea margin

entire

with redbrown speckles

1 reference

d0_s14

inflorescence spikelet awn

0.9

5.3

1 reference

d0_s14

staminate

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d0_s15

2.7

5

1 reference

d0_s15

1.1

2.1

1 reference

d0_s15

inflorescence flower anther

2.3

3.3

1 reference

d0_s16

arrangement

imbricate

spirally

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d0_s17

52-64-veined

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d0_s17

unwrinkled

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d0_s17

narrowly ellipsoid

obovoid orbicular or suborbicular

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d0_s17

narrowly ellipsoid

obovoid orbicular or suborbicular

1 reference

d0_s17

l w ratio

1.8-2.3(-2.6)

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d0_s17

reflectance

lustrous

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d0_s17

inflorescence phyllaries base

tapered

very gradually

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d0_s17

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

tapered

gradually

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d0_s17

presence

absent

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d0_s18

course

straight

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d0_s18

0

0.2

1 reference

d0_s18

broadly obovoid

obovoid

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d0_s19

widest

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d0_s19

atypical length

0.66

0.7

1 reference

d0_s19

0.6

0.66

1 reference

d0_s19

atypical length

2.6

3.1

1 reference

d0_s19

atypical length

3.5

3.7

1 reference

d0_s19

3.1

3.5

1 reference

d0_s19

atypical width

2.1

2.2

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d0_s19

1.7

2.1

1 reference

d0_s19

enveloped

loosely

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d0_s19

course

straight

1 reference

d0_s20

0.2

0.3

1 reference

d0_s20

0.4

0.5

1 reference

d0_s20

0.3

0.4

1 reference

d0_s20

course

straight

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d0_s21

0.2

0.3

1 reference

d0_s21

0.3

0.6

1 reference