Carex capillaris Linnaeus (Q130)

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accepted id

Carex capillaris Linnaeus

Carex capillaris

Linnaeus

FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.

taxon status

accepted

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taxon name

Carex capillaris

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taxon authority

Linnaeus

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taxon rank

species

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taxon status

accepted

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common name

laiche capillaire (French)

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hair-like sedge (English)

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hair sedge (English)

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carex capillaire (French)

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Carex capillaire (English)

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VasCan taxon numeric id

4803

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Carex sect. Chlorostachyae Tuckerman ex Meinshausen

parent taxon

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taxon habit

herb

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taxon habitat

mesic to moist tundra

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seeps

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cliffs

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rocks

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slopes

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fens

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meadows

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shores

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prairie sloughs

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edges

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sphagnum mats

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moist woods

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elevation

0–3500 m

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distribution

Greenland

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St. Pierre and Miquelon

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CA-AB

Alta.

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CA-BC

B.C.

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CA-MB

Man.

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CA-NB

N.B.

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CA-NL

Nfld. and Labr.

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CA-NT

N.W.T.

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CA-NS

N.S.

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CA-NU

Nunavut

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CA-ON

Ont.

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CA-QC

Que.

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CA-SK

Sask.

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CA-YT

Yukon

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US-AK

Alaska

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US-CA

Calif.

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US-CO

Colo.

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US-ID

Idaho

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US-ME

Maine

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US-MI

Mich.

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US-MN

Minn.

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US-MT

Mont.

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US-NV

Nev.

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US-NH

N.H.

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US-NM

N.Mex.

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US-NY

N.Y.

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US-ND

N.Dak.

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US-OR

Oreg.

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US-SD

S.Dak.

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US-UT

Utah

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US-WI

Wis.

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US-WY

Wyo.

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n Eurasia

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special status

F

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taxon description fragment

Culms to 60 cm.

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d0_s0

Leaf-blades flat or, sometimes, folded (in dwarf individuals), 2–9 cm × (0.75–) 1–4 mm.

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d0_s1

Terminal spike usually staminate, level with or overtopped by some lateral spikes, 4–10 × 0.7–1.4 mm.

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d0_s2

Lateral spikes 2–4, 6–20-flowered, 5–20 × 3–4 mm, the proximal usually drooping, often ± erect in dwarf arctic-alpine plants.

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d0_s3

Pistillate scales pale to medium brown with hyaline margins and paler midvein, ovate, 1.8–2.8 × 1–1.5 mm, apex obtuse or acute.

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d0_s4

Staminate scales pale-brown with hyaline margins and green or brown midvein, oblong, 2.5–3.2 × 1–1.2 mm, apex obtuse or acute.

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d0_s5

Perigynia veinless, except for 2 marginal veins, oblongovate, 2.3–3.5 × 0.8–1.2 mm;

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d0_s6

beak 0.5–1 mm, margins entire or serrulate.

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d0_s7

Achenes obovoid, 1.2–1.7 × 0.7–1 mm. 2n = 54.

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d0_s8

morphology statement

stem

some measurement

0

60

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d0_s0

prominence

flat

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d0_s1

prominence

,

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d0_s1

folded

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d0_s1

2

9

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d0_s1

atypical width

0.75

1

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d0_s1

1

4

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d0_s1

morphology statement value modifier

staminate

usually

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d0_s2

position relational

level

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d0_s2

4

10

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d0_s2

0.7

1.4

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d0_s2

quantity

2

4

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d0_s3

6-20-flowered

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d0_s3

5

20

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d0_s3

3

4

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d0_s3

orientation

morphology statement value modifier

drooping

usually

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d0_s3

orientation

morphology statement value modifier

erect

often more or less

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d0_s3

whole organism

height

dwarf

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d0_s3

whole organism

habitat

arctic-alpine

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d0_s3

pistillate

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d0_s4

pale

medium brown

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d0_s4

ovate

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d0_s4

1.8

2.8

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d0_s4

1

1.5

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d0_s4

hyaline

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d0_s4

inflorescence flower petal venation

paler

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d0_s4

obtuse

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d0_s4

acute

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d0_s4

staminate

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d0_s5

pale-brown

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d0_s5

green

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d0_s5

brown

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d0_s5

oblong

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d0_s5

2.5

3.2

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d0_s5

1

1.2

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d0_s5

hyaline

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d0_s5

obtuse

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d0_s5

acute

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d0_s5

veinless

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d0_s6

quantity

2

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d0_s6

2.3

3.5

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d0_s6

0.8

1.2

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d0_s6

fruit beak

some measurement

0.5

1

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d0_s7

entire

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d0_s7

serrulate

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d0_s7

fruit

obovoid

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d0_s8

fruit

1.2

1.7

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d0_s8

fruit

0.7

1

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d0_s8

chromosome

quantity

54

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