Carex gracillima Schweinitz (Q238)

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-PE

present

native

1 reference

CA-NS

present

native

1 reference

Zinck, M. 1998. Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia. Nimber Publishing & Nova Scotia Museum. Halifax, N. S. 2 vols. 1297 pp.

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

doubtful

1 reference

FR-PM

present

native

1 reference

Etcheberry, R. 1989. Plantes de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon. Unpublished list (MT).

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-NS

N.S.

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CA-ON

Ont.

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CA-PE

P.E.I.

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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-CT

Conn.

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US-DE

Del.

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US-GA

Ga.

1 reference

US-IL

Ill.

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US-IN

Ind.

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US-IA

Iowa

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US-KY

Ky.

1 reference

US-ME

Maine

1 reference

US-MD

Md.

1 reference

US-MA

Mass.

1 reference

US-MI

Mich.

1 reference

US-MN

Minn.

1 reference

US-MO

Mo.

1 reference

US-NH

N.H.

1 reference

US-NJ

N.J.

1 reference

US-NY

N.Y.

1 reference

US-NC

N.C.

1 reference

US-ND

N.Dak.

1 reference

US-OH

Ohio

1 reference

US-PA

Pa.

1 reference

US-RI

R.I.

1 reference

US-SC

S.C.

1 reference

US-TN

Tenn.

1 reference

US-VT

Vt.

1 reference

US-VA

Va.

1 reference

US-WV

W.Va.

1 reference

US-WI

Wis.

1 reference

Carex sect. Hymenochlaenae (Drejer) L. H. Bailey in J. M. Coulter

parent taxon

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taxon habit

herb

1 reference

taxon habitat

mesic to dry deciduous forests

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edges

1 reference

openings

1 reference

mixed conifer-hardwood forests

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coniferous swamps

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thickets

1 reference

meadows

1 reference

roadsides

1 reference

special status

F

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E

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taxon description fragment

Plants densely cespitose.

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d0_s0

Culms dark maroon at base;

1 reference

d0_s1

flowering-stems 0.5–1.1 mm thick, 20–90 cm, much longer than leaves at maturity, glabrous, but often scabrous within inflorescence.

1 reference

d0_s2

Leaves: sheaths glabrous or short-pubescent, basal few bladeless and maroon, others grading from maroon to green on back, pale brown-hyaline, red dotted and sometimes pubescent near apex;

1 reference

d0_s3

blades flat, 3–9 mm wide, glabrous, minutely scabrous on margins distally.

1 reference

d0_s4

Inflorescences: peduncles of lateral spikes slender, to 40 mm, equaling spikes or usually somewhat shorter, scabrous;

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d0_s5

peduncle of terminal spike to 13 mm, glabrous or scabrous;

1 reference

d0_s6

proximal bracts shorter than inflorescences;

1 reference

d0_s7

sheaths 20–25 mm;

1 reference

d0_s8

blades 3–4 mm wide.

1 reference

d0_s9

Lateral spikes 2–5, 1 per node, well separated, drooping at maturity, pistillate with 10–45 perigynia attached 2 mm apart, linear, 10–70 × 2–3.5 mm.

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d0_s10

Terminal spike gynecandrous, 10–60 × 1–3 mm.

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d0_s11

Pistillate scales white-hyaline tinged with chestnut, broad green midrib often red dotted, sometimes scabrous, ovate to oblong, shorter than mature perigynia, apex rounded or cuspidate with ciliate awn less than 1 mm, otherwise glabrous.

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d0_s12

Perigynia green, usually red dotted, 2-ribbed and finely 8–12-veined, veins more obvious near base, ellipsoid to oblong-ovoid, loosely enveloping achenes, 2–3.7 × 1.3–1.6 mm, membranous, acute at base, tapering gradually to acute beakless apex, glabrous.

1 reference

d0_s13

Achenes substipitate, 1.2–2.6 × 1–1.2 mm. 2n = 50, 52, 54.

1 reference

d0_s14

morphology statement

whole organism

growth form

cespitose

densely

1 reference

d0_s0

whole organism

growth form

plant

1 reference

d0_s0

stem

dark maroon

1 reference

d0_s1

inflorescence flowering-stem

thickness

0.5

1.1

1 reference

d0_s2

inflorescence flowering-stem

20

90

1 reference

d0_s2

inflorescence flowering-stem

much longer

1 reference

d0_s2

life cycle

maturity

1 reference

d0_s2

glabrous

1 reference

d0_s2

scabrous

often

1 reference

d0_s2

glabrous

1 reference

d0_s3

short-pubescent

1 reference

d0_s3

few

1 reference

d0_s3

bladeless

1 reference

d0_s3

maroon

1 reference

d0_s3

prominence

flat

1 reference

d0_s4

3

9

1 reference

d0_s4

glabrous

1 reference

d0_s4

scabrous

minutely

1 reference

d0_s4

slender

1 reference

d0_s5

0

40

1 reference

d0_s5

variability

equaling

1 reference

d0_s5

height

shorter

usually somewhat

1 reference

d0_s5

scabrous

1 reference

d0_s5

0

13

1 reference

d0_s6

glabrous

1 reference

d0_s6

scabrous

1 reference

d0_s6

inflorescence peduncle bract

height

shorter

1 reference

d0_s7

20

25

1 reference

d0_s8

3

4

1 reference

d0_s9

2

5

1 reference

d0_s10

1

1 reference

d0_s10

arrangement

separated

well

1 reference

d0_s10

orientation

drooping

1 reference

d0_s10

pistillate

1 reference

d0_s10

2

1 reference

d0_s10

arrangement

apart

1 reference

d0_s10

arrangement

course

linear

1 reference

d0_s10

10

70

1 reference

d0_s10

2

3.5

1 reference

d0_s10

10

45

1 reference

d0_s10

fixation

attached

1 reference

d0_s10

reproduction

gynecandrous

1 reference

d0_s11

10

60

1 reference

d0_s11

1

3

1 reference

d0_s11

inflorescence flower scale

pistillate

1 reference

d0_s12

inflorescence flower scale

white-hyaline tinged with chestnut

1 reference

d0_s12

broad

1 reference

d0_s12

green

1 reference

d0_s12

red dotted

1 reference

d0_s12

scabrous

sometimes

1 reference

d0_s12

ovate

oblong

1 reference

d0_s12

height

shorter

1 reference

d0_s12

life cycle

mature

1 reference

d0_s12

rounded

1 reference

d0_s12

cuspidate

1 reference

d0_s12

glabrous

otherwise

1 reference

d0_s12

inflorescence spikelet awn

ciliate

1 reference

d0_s12

inflorescence spikelet awn

0

1

1 reference

d0_s12

green

1 reference

d0_s13

red dotted

usually

1 reference

d0_s13

2-ribbed

1 reference

d0_s13

8-12-veined

finely

1 reference

d0_s13

prominence

obvious

1 reference

d0_s13

ellipsoid

oblong-ovoid

1 reference

d0_s13

2

3.7

1 reference

d0_s13

1.3

1.6

1 reference

d0_s13

texture

membranous

1 reference

d0_s13

acute

1 reference

d0_s13

tapering

gradually

1 reference

d0_s13

glabrous

1 reference

d0_s13

acute

1 reference

d0_s13

beakless

1 reference

d0_s13

fruit

substipitate

1 reference

d0_s14

fruit

1.2

2.6

1 reference

d0_s14

fruit

1

1.2

1 reference

d0_s14

chromosome

50

1 reference

d0_s14

chromosome

52

1 reference

d0_s14

chromosome

54

1 reference

d0_s14

GBIF taxon key

2724492

1 reference

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

1 reference