Carex disticha Hudson (Q227)

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Carex disticha is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Holarrhenae
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Carex disticha Hudson
Carex disticha is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Holarrhenae

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    taxon/id/Carex disticha Hudson
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    Carex disticha Hudson
    Carex disticha
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    carex distique (French)
    laîche distique (French)
    two-ranked sedge (English)
    brown sedge (English)
    Carex distique (English)
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    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/
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    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.
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    E.C. Smith Herbarium (ACAD), Acadia University, NS. Specimen. http://herbarium.acadiau.ca/
    Eurasia
    wet meadows
    stream banks
    disturbed areas
    Culms trigonous, scabrous-angled distally, 30–120 cm;
    vegetative culms somewhat taller.
    Leaves: basal sheaths brown;
    sheaths with inner band green, veined, apex hyaline, prolonged 0.7–3 mm;
    ligules 1.8–16 mm;
    blades 1.8–5.2 mm wide.
    Inflorescences contracted near middle, 2–7 cm;
    spikes ascending, ovate, 4–16 × 1.2–9 mm, basal spikes larger than those near middle.
    Pistillate scales reddish-brown at maturity, hyaline margins very narrow or absent, ovate, acute to acuminate, glabrous.
    Staminate scales reddish-brown, narrowly ovate, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous.
    Perigynia (3.8–) 4–5.5 (–6.1) × 1.7–2.3 mm;
    beak (0.8–) 1–1.9 (–2.3) mm.