Carex davisii Schweinitz &amp; Torrey (Q234)

Ont.

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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-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-MD

Md.

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US-MA

Mass.

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US-MI

Mich.

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US-MN

Minn.

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US-MO

Mo.

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US-NE

Nebr.

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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-OK

Okla.

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US-PA

Pa.

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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-WV

W.Va.

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US-WI

Wis.

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CA-QC

occurrence status

excluded

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Database of Vascular Plants of Canada

publication

FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. http://www.efloras.org/volume_page.aspx?volume_id=1023&flora_id=1

parent taxon

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

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Database of Vascular Plants of Canada

taxon habit

herb

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Database of Vascular Plants of Canada

taxon habitat

floodplain forests

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rich deciduous forests

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forest margins

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streams

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ditches

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wooded ravine slopes

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meadows

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fields

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thickets

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calcareous soils

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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;

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d0_s1

flowering-stems 30–100 cm, as long as leaves at maturity or a little shorter, 1.5–3 mm thick, glabrous or pubescent on angles.

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d0_s2

Leaves: basal sheaths maroon, bladeless, sheaths pubescent or rarely glabrous;

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d0_s3

blades flat, 3–8 mm wide, usually pubescent on abaxial surface at least near sheath, minutely scabrous on margins.

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d0_s5

Inflorescences: peduncles of proximal spikes slender, 10–25 mm, pubescent;

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d0_s6

peduncle of terminal spike 10–30 mm, pubescent;

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d0_s7

proximal bracts equaling or often exceeding inflorescences;

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d0_s8

sheaths 15–45 mm;

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d0_s9

blades 2–6 mm wide.

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d0_s10

Lateral spikes 2–4, 1 per node, well separated or distal 2 usually overlapping terminal spike, mostly erect when young but at least proximal spikes nodding at maturity, pistillate with 10–40 perigynia attached 1 mm apart distally and to 4 mm apart proximally, cylindric, 10–50 × 3.5–6 mm.

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d0_s11

Terminal spike gynecandrous, sessile or pedunculate, 15–35 × 2–6 mm.

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d0_s12

Pistillate scales pale hyaline with broad green midrib, elliptic or ovatelanceolate, body shorter than mature perigynia but extending into pubescent green awn 2.5–3 mm, often short-ciliate near apex.

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d0_s13

Perigynia green to olive-green, often red dotted, 2-ribbed with 9–12 almost equally prominent, evenly spaced veins extending from base to apex, slightly inflated around achene, ellipsoid-ovoid, 4.5–6 × 2–2.5 mm, membranous, base rounded, apex narrowing abruptly to minute beak, glabrous;

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d0_s14

beak bidentate, less than 0.5 mm.

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d0_s15

Achenes distinctly stipitate, 2.2–2.7 × 1–1.2 mm, stipe 1 mm.

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d0_s16

morphology statement

whole organism

growth form

cespitose

densely

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d0_s0

whole organism

growth form

plant

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d0_s0

inflorescence flowering-stem

30

100

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d0_s2

maturity

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d0_s2

shorter

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d0_s2

thick

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d0_s2

1.5

3

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d0_s2

maturity

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d0_s2

shorter

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d0_s2

thick

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d0_s2

glabrous

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d0_s2

pubescent

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d0_s2

maturity

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d0_s2

shorter

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d0_s2

thick

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d0_s2

maroon

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d0_s3

bladeless

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d0_s3

pubescent

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d0_s3

glabrous

rarely

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d0_s3

prominence

flat

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d0_s5

3

8

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d0_s5

pubescent

usually

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d0_s5

relief

scabrous

minutely

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d0_s5

slender

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d0_s6

10

25

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d0_s6

pubescent

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d0_s6

10

30

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d0_s7

pubescent

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d0_s7

inflorescence peduncle bract

variability

equaling

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d0_s8

inflorescence peduncle bract

variability

often exceeding inflorescences

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d0_s8

15

45

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d0_s9

2

6

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d0_s10

10

40

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d0_s11

fixation

attached

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d0_s11

pistillate

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d0_s13

pale hyaline

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d0_s13

elliptic

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d0_s13

ovatelanceolate

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d0_s13

mature

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d0_s13

inflorescence spikelet awn

pubescent

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d0_s13

inflorescence spikelet awn

green

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d0_s13

green

olive-green

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d0_s14

red dotted

often

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d0_s14

2-ribbed

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d0_s14

inflated

slightly

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d0_s14

ellipsoid-ovoid

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d0_s14

4.5

6

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d0_s14

2

2.5

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d0_s14

texture

membranous

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d0_s14

inflorescence phyllaries base

rounded

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

narrowing

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

glabrous

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d0_s14

fruit beak

minute

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d0_s14

fruit beak

bidentate

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d0_s15

fruit beak

0

0.5

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d0_s15

stem culm

dark maroon

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d0_s1

2

4

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d0_s11

1

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d0_s11

separated

well

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d0_s11

position

distal

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d0_s11

2

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d0_s11

orientation

erect

when young

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d0_s11

overlapping

usually

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d0_s11

position

proximal

at-least

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d0_s11

orientation

nodding

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d0_s11

pistillate

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d0_s11

1

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d0_s11

apart

distally

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d0_s11

0

4

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d0_s11

apart

proximally

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d0_s11

cylindric

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d0_s11

10

50

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d0_s11

3.5

6

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d0_s11

reproduction

gynecandrous

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d0_s12

sessile

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d0_s12

pedunculate

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d0_s12

15

35

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d0_s12

2

6

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d0_s12

inflorescence flower petal venation midrib

broad

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d0_s13

inflorescence flower petal venation midrib

green

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d0_s13

general structure body

shorter

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d0_s13

general structure body

2.5

3

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d0_s13

general structure body

short-ciliate

often

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d0_s13

inflorescence flower petal venation vein

9

12

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower petal venation vein

prominence

prominent

almost equally

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower petal venation vein

spaced

evenly

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d0_s14

fruit achene

stipitate

distinctly

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d0_s16

fruit achene

2.2

2.7

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d0_s16

fruit achene

1

1.2

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d0_s16

leaf stalk stipe

1

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d0_s16

GBIF taxon key

2725477

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

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