Carex argyrantha Tuckerman ex Dewey (Q316)

establishment of distribution

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-NS

establishment of distribution

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.

CA-NB

N.B.

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CA-NS

N.S.

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CA-ON

Ont.

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CA-QC

Que.

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US-CT

Conn.

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US-ME

Maine

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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-NH

N.H.

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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-PA

Pa.

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US-RI

R.I.

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US-TN

Tenn.

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US-VT

Vt.

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US-VA

Va.

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US-WV

W.Va.

1 reference

CA-MB

excluded

1 reference

CA-NB

excluded

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.

Newfoundland, CA

excluded

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

parent taxon

Carex sect. Ovales Kunth

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taxon habit

herb

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taxon habitat

dry clearings

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open woods

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acidic

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rocky

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sandy substrates

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rock outcrops

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elevation

0–700+ m

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special status

F

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E

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taxon description fragment

Plants loosely cespitose.

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d0_s0

Culms 30–100 cm.

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d0_s1

Leaves: sheaths papillose, summits U-shaped;

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d0_s2

distal ligules 3.5–5 mm;

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d0_s3

blades 4–5 per fertile culm, green, without auricles, 17–37 cm × 2–5 mm, pliable.

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d0_s4

Inflorescences arching or nodding from proximal spike, open at least proximally, silvery greenish yellow, 2.5–6.5 cm × 7–17 mm;

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d0_s5

proximal internode 7–18 mm;

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d0_s6

often aristate or long-aristate;

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d0_s8

proximal bracts scalelike.

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d0_s9

Spikes (3–) 7–15, widely spaced except the distal densely aggregated, proximal 1 often stalked, nearly globose or ovoid, 6–17 × 4.5–7 mm, base clavate or attenuate, apex rounded.

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d0_s10

Pistillate scales silvery pale green with pale or green midstripe, lance-subulate, (3.2–) 3.5–4.1 (–4.6) mm, shorter and narrower than or equaling perigynia, margin white-hyaline, to 0.6 mm wide, apex acute.

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d0_s11

Perigynia ascending to spreading, uniformly pale green to straw colored, conspicuously, evenly (4–) 5–8 (–10) -veined on each face, ovate to obovate, planoconvex, 3–4.5 × 1.9–2.3 mm, 0.6 mm thick, usually widest at 2/5–1/2 total length, margin flat, including wing 0.2–0.6 mm wide, finely granular-papillose;

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d0_s12

beak whitish at tip, flat, ciliate-serrulate to within 0.3 mm of tip, abaxial suture inconspicuous, distance from beak tip to achene 1.2–2 mm.

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d0_s13

2n = 80.

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d0_s15

morphology statement

whole organism

growth form

cespitose

loosely

1 reference

d0_s0

whole organism

growth form

plant

1 reference

d0_s0

leaf sheath

relief

papillose

1 reference

d0_s2

leaf ligule

3.5

5

1 reference

d0_s3

4

5

1 reference

d0_s4

green

1 reference

d0_s4

17

37

1 reference

d0_s4

2

5

1 reference

d0_s4

fragility

texture

pliable

1 reference

d0_s4

orientation

arching

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d0_s5

orientation

nodding

1 reference

d0_s5

open

at-least proximally; proximally

1 reference

d0_s5

silvery greenish

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d0_s5

yellow

1 reference

d0_s5

2.5

6.5

1 reference

d0_s5

7

17

1 reference

d0_s5

7

18

1 reference

d0_s6

3

10

1 reference

d0_s8

aristate

1 reference

d0_s8

long-aristate

1 reference

d0_s8

inflorescence peduncle bract

scale-like

1 reference

d0_s9

inflorescence phyllaries base

clavate

1 reference

d0_s10

inflorescence phyllaries base

attenuate

1 reference

d0_s10

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

rounded

1 reference

d0_s10

pistillate

1 reference

d0_s11

silvery pale

1 reference

d0_s11

green

1 reference

d0_s11

lance-subulate

1 reference

d0_s11

atypical some measurement

3.2

3.5

1 reference

d0_s11

atypical some measurement

4.1

4.6

1 reference

d0_s11

3.5

4.1

1 reference

d0_s11

height

size

shorter

1 reference

d0_s11

shorter and narrower

1 reference

d0_s11

variability

equaling

1 reference

d0_s11

white-hyaline

1 reference

d0_s11

0

0.6

1 reference

d0_s11

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

acute

1 reference

d0_s11

orientation

ascending

spreading

1 reference

d0_s12

uniformly pale green

straw colored

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d0_s12

(4-)5-8(-10)-veined

conspicuously; evenly

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d0_s12

ovate

obovate

1 reference

d0_s12

planoconvex

1 reference

d0_s12

thickness

3-4.5×1.9-2.3

1 reference

d0_s12

thickness

0.6

1 reference

d0_s12

widest

usually

1 reference

d0_s12

prominence

flat

1 reference

d0_s12

0.2

0.6

1 reference

d0_s12

relief

granular-papillose

finely

1 reference

d0_s12

fruit beak

whitish

1 reference

d0_s13

fruit beak

prominence

flat

1 reference

d0_s13

fruit beak

ciliate-serrulate

1 reference

d0_s13

inflorescence flower anther suture

prominence

inconspicuous

1 reference

d0_s13

chromosome

80

1 reference

d0_s15

stem culm

30

100

1 reference

d0_s1

stem culm

reproduction

fertile

1 reference

d0_s4

atypical quantity

3

7

1 reference

d0_s10

7

15

1 reference

d0_s10

arrangement

spaced

widely

1 reference

d0_s10

arrangement

aggregated

densely

1 reference

d0_s10

1

1 reference

d0_s10

stalked

often

1 reference

d0_s10

globose

nearly

1 reference

d0_s10

ovoid

1 reference

d0_s10

6

17

1 reference

d0_s10

4.5

7

1 reference

d0_s10

inflorescence flower petal venation midstripe

pale

1 reference

d0_s11

inflorescence flower petal venation midstripe

green

1 reference

d0_s11

1.2

2

1 reference

d0_s13

1.5

1.75

1 reference

d0_s15

1

1.2

1 reference

d0_s15

l w ratio

1.4-1.6

1 reference

d0_s15

thickness

0.5

1 reference

d0_s15

GBIF taxon key

2727930

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

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