Carex festucacea Schkuhr ex Willdenow (Q329)

establishment of distribution

present

native

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publication

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-NB

excluded

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CA-NS

excluded

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Newfoundland, CA

excluded

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CA-ON

Ont.

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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-DC

D.C.

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US-GA

Ga.

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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-LA

La.

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US-MD

Md.

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US-MA

Mass.

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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-NJ

N.J.

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US-NY

N.Y.

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US-NC

N.C.

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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-SC

S.C.

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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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parent taxon

Carex sect. Ovales Kunth

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taxon habit

herb

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taxon habitat

wet

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wet places

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drained fields

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open woods

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elevation

100–300 m

measurement range from

100 meter

measurement range to

300 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 45–100 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 green or with white intervenal areas, often adaxially white-hyaline, summits U-shaped or prolonged to 2 mm beyond collar;

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d0_s3

sheaths finely papillose or smooth;

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d0_s4

distal ligules 1–3 mm;

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d0_s5

blades 3–5 per fertile culm, 15–30 cm × 1–3.5 mm.

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d0_s6

Inflorescences arching or nodding, ± open, green to light-brown, 2.5–6 cm × 4.5–11 mm;

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d0_s7

proximal internode 3–18 mm;

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d0_s8

2d internode 3–13 mm;

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d0_s9

proximal bracts scalelike or with bristle tips shorter than inflorescences.

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d0_s10

Spikes 3–10, distinct, ellipsoid to globose, 6–16 × 5–6.5 mm, base acute to attenuate, apex rounded;

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d0_s11

terminal spike with conspicuous staminate base.

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d0_s12

Pistillate scales white-hyaline with white, green, or gold center, broadly lanceolate, 2.3–3.8 mm, shorter than and narrower than perigynia, apex acute.

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d0_s13

Anthers 1–2.1 mm.

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d0_s14

Perigynia (20–) 25–60 in larger spikes, spreading, pale green to yellowish-brown, conspicuously 5-veined or more abaxially, veinless or mostly indistinctly or basally 2–4 (–6) -veined adaxially, orbiculate to elliptic, planoconvex, 2.5–4.2 × 1.5–2.3 (–2.5) mm, 0.4–0.6 mm thick, nearly leathery, margin flat, including wing 0.3–0.6 mm wide, smooth;

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d0_s15

beak green or light-brown at tip, flat, ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture with conspicuous white-hyaline margin, distance from beak tip to achene 0.8–1.7 (–2) mm.

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d0_s16

Achenes ovate, 1.2–1.8 × 1–1.3 mm, 0.3–0.4 mm thick;

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d0_s17

2n = 68, 70.

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d0_s19

morphology statement

whole organism

growth form

cespitose

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d0_s0

whole organism

growth form

plant

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d0_s0

45

100

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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

arrangement

3-ranked

not strikingly

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d0_s2

leaf

arrangement

growth form

clustered

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d0_s2

green

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d0_s3

with white intervenal areas

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d0_s3

white-hyaline

often adaxially

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d0_s3

relief

papillose

finely

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d0_s4

relief

smooth

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d0_s4

leaf ligule

1

3

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d0_s5

leaf blade

3

5

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d0_s6

leaf blade

15

30

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d0_s6

leaf blade

1

3.5

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d0_s6

reproduction

fertile

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d0_s6

orientation

arching

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d0_s7

orientation

nodding

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d0_s7

open

more or less

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d0_s7

green

light-brown

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d0_s7

2.5

6

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d0_s7

4.5

11

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d0_s7

stem internode

3

18

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d0_s8

stem internode

3

13

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d0_s9

inflorescence peduncle bract

scale-like

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d0_s10

inflorescence peduncle bract

with bristle tips

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d0_s10

inflorescence peduncle bract

height

size

shorter

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d0_s10

inflorescence phyllary tip

height

size

shorter

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d0_s10

3

10

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d0_s11

fusion

distinct

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d0_s11

ellipsoid

globose

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d0_s11

6

16

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d0_s11

5

6.5

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d0_s11

inflorescence phyllaries base

acute

attenuate

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d0_s11

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

rounded

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d0_s11

inflorescence phyllaries base

conspicuous

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d0_s12

inflorescence phyllaries base

staminate

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d0_s12

pistillate

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d0_s13

coloration

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d0_s13

list

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d0_s13

white-hyaline with white

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d0_s13

punct

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d0_s13

green

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d0_s13

gold

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d0_s13

green

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d0_s13

gold

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d0_s13

lanceolate

broadly

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d0_s13

2.3

3.8

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d0_s13

narrower

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d0_s13

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

acute

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d0_s13

inflorescence flower anther

1

2.1

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d0_s14

atypical quantity

20

25

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d0_s15

25

60

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d0_s15

orientation

spreading

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d0_s15

pale green

yellowish-brown

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d0_s15

5-veined

conspicuously; abaxially

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d0_s15

veinless

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d0_s15

mostly indistinctly

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d0_s15

2-4(-6)-veined

basally; adaxially

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d0_s15

orbiculate

elliptic

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d0_s15

planoconvex

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d0_s15

2.5-4.2×1.5-2.3

2.5

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d0_s15

2.5-4.2×1.5-2.3

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d0_s15

0.4

0.6

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d0_s15

texture

leathery

nearly

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d0_s15

flat

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d0_s15

0.3

0.6

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d0_s15

pubescence

relief

smooth

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d0_s15

green

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d0_s16

light-brown

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d0_s16

flat

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d0_s16

ciliate-serrulate

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d0_s16

conspicuous

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d0_s16

white-hyaline

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d0_s16

atypical some measurement

1.7

2

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d0_s16

0.8

1.7

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d0_s16

ovate

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d0_s17

1.2-1.8×1-1.3

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d0_s17

0.3

0.4

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d0_s17

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style

bent

sometimes abaxially-adaxially

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d0_s19

chromosome

68

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d0_s19

chromosome

70

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d0_s19

GBIF taxon key

2722803

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

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