Carex brunnescens (Persoon) Poiret in J. Lamarck et al. (Q181)

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accepted id

Carex brunnescens (Persoon) Poiret

Carex brunnescens

(Persoon) Poiret

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 brunnescens

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taxon authority

(Persoon) Poiret

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taxon rank

species

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taxon status

accepted

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common name

brownish sedge (English)

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brown sedge (English)

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carex brunâtre (French)

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VasCan taxon numeric id

4791

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Carex sect. Glareosae G. Don in J. C. Loudon

parent taxon

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taxon habit

herb

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GBIF taxon key

2728226

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

LC

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distribution

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-NS

N.S.

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CA-NT

N.W.T.

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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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CA-SK

Sask.

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CA-YT

Yukon

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US-CA

Calif.

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US-CO

Colo.

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US-CT

Conn.

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US-DE

Del.

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US-GA

Ga.

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US-ID

Idaho

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US-IN

Ind.

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US-ME

Maine

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US-MA

Mass.

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US-MD

Md.

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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-NC

N.C.

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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-OR

Oreg.

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US-PA

Pa.

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US-RI

R.I.

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US-TN

Tenn.

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US-UT

Utah

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US-VA

Va.

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US-VT

Vt.

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US-WV

W.Va.

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US-WA

Wash.

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US-WI

Wis.

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US-WY

Wyo.

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Eurasia

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special status

F

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taxon description fragment

Plants densely cespitose, in small clumps;

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d0_s0

rhizomes short.

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d0_s1

Culms erect to arching, slender, 15–90 cm.

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d0_s2

Leaves: sheaths relatively tight, pale to mid brown abaxially, inner band thin and hyaline, often concave at summit;

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d0_s3

ligules as long as wide;

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d0_s4

blades green to yellowish green, flat, 10–25 (–40) cm × 0.5–2 mm, shorter than culms.

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d0_s5

Inflorescences erect to somewhat nodding, 1.5–7 cm × 3–6 mm;

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d0_s6

proximal bracts bristlelike-prolonged, shorter than to exceeding spikes;

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d0_s7

distal bracts usually scalelike.

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d0_s8

Spikes 5–10, gynecandrous, proximal ± separate, distal closely approximate, containing 5–10 perigynia, sessile, globose to short-oblong, 3–7 × 3–4 mm;

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d0_s9

terminal spike staminate for less than 1/2 of length, scarcely clavate.

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d0_s10

Pistillate scales white-hyaline with green, 3-veined center, often brown tinged, ovate, subequal to, not concealing perigynia, apex obtuse to acute.

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d0_s11

Perigynia appressed-ascending to loosely spreading at maturity, green or brown, often dark-brown in age, lightly several-veined, elliptic-ovate, 2–2.5 × 0.8–1.5 mm, widest near middle, membranous;

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d0_s12

beak shor, margin serrulate.

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