Carex merritt-fernaldii Mackenzie (Q339)

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-NB

establishment of distribution

present

native

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.

CA-MB

Man.

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CA-NB

N.B.

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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-MA

Mass.

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US-MI

Mich.

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US-MN

Minn.

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US-NH

N.H.

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US-NY

N.Y.

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US-OH

Ohio

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US-VT

Vt.

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US-WI

Wis.

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CA-BC

excluded

1 reference

Douglas, G.W., G.B. Straley, D.V. Meidinger & J. Pojar. 1998. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia. B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks and B.C. Ministry of Forests. Victoria. Crown Publications. 8 vols.

CA-SK

excluded

1 reference

Harms, V.L. 2003. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Saskatchewan and the provincially and nationally rare native plants in Saskatchewan. University of Saskatchewan, University Extension Press.

parent taxon

Carex sect. Ovales Kunth

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taxon habit

herb

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taxon habitat

dry sands

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gravels

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rocky places

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meadows

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roadsides

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acidic substrates

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elevation

50–600 m

measurement range from

50 meter

measurement range to

600 meter

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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

rhizomes appearing elongate only in old clumps.

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d0_s1

Culms 30–100 cm;

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d0_s2

vegetative culms few, inconspicuous, with fewer than 15 (–17) leaves, not strikingly 3-ranked.

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d0_s3

Leaves: sheaths adaxially white-hyaline, summits U-shaped to truncate, sometimes prolonged 1–2 mm beyond collar, not puckered, finely papillose;

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d0_s4

distal ligules 2.5–4.8 mm;

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d0_s5

blades 3–6 per fertile culm, 14–32 cm × 1.5–3 mm.

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d0_s6

Inflorescences compact to open, occasionally elongate and arching or nodding, reddish-brown or straw colored, 1.5–5 cm × 7–15 mm;

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d0_s7

proximal internode 5–15 mm;

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d0_s8

2d internode 3–7 mm;

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d0_s9

proximal bracts scalelike with bristle tips shorter than inflorescences.

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d0_s10

Spikes (4–) 6–8 (–10), distinct, ovoid, 7–15 × 5–9 mm, base rounded, apex rounded or nearly acute.

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d0_s11

Pistillate scales light yellowbrown with paler midvein, lance-subulate or lanceolate, occasionally broadly lanceolate, (3.2–) 3.4–3.8 (–4.2) mm, 0.2–1.3 mm shorter than perignyium beaks, narrower than perigynia, margins white-hyaline, 0.1–0.3 mm wide, apex acute.

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d0_s12

Anthers 1.3–2.6 mm.

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d0_s13

Perigynia 15–80 in larger spikes, ascending, light green to straw colored, conspicuously 5–9-veined abaxially, veinless or faintly 1–5-veined adaxially, broadly ovate to ovate-orbiculate, planoconvex, 3.3–5 × 2.3–3.5 mm, 0.5–0.8 mm thick, irregular, margin flat, including wing 0.4–0.8 mm wide, with 1–2 veins in yellowish wing, smooth;

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d0_s14

beak redbrown at tip, flat, 0.7–1.6 (–1.8) mm, ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture ± conspicuous, distance from beak tip to achene 1.8–3.1 mm.

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d0_s15

2n = 70, 74.

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d0_s17

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

leaf

atypical quantity

15

17

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d0_s3

leaf

0

15

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d0_s3

leaf sheath

white-hyaline

adaxially

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d0_s4

leaf ligule

2.5

4.8

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d0_s5

leaf blade

3

6

1 reference

d0_s6

leaf blade

14

32

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d0_s6

leaf blade

1.5

3

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d0_s6

compact

open

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d0_s7

elongate

occasionally

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d0_s7

orientation

arching

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d0_s7

orientation

nodding

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d0_s7

reddish-brown

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d0_s7

straw colored

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d0_s7

1.5

5

1 reference

d0_s7

7

15

1 reference

d0_s7

stem internode

5

15

1 reference

d0_s8

stem internode

3

7

1 reference

d0_s9

inflorescence peduncle bract

scale-like

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d0_s10

inflorescence peduncle bract

height

size

shorter

1 reference

d0_s10

inflorescence phyllary tip

height

size

shorter

1 reference

d0_s10

inflorescence phyllaries base

rounded

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d0_s11

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

rounded

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d0_s11

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

acute

nearly

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d0_s11

pistillate

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d0_s12

light yellowbrown

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d0_s12

lance-subulate

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d0_s12

lanceolate

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d0_s12

lanceolate

occasionally broadly

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d0_s12

atypical some measurement

3.2

3.4

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d0_s12

atypical some measurement

3.8

4.2

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d0_s12

3.4

3.8

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d0_s12

0.2

1.3

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d0_s12

height

size

shorter

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d0_s12

narrower

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d0_s12

white-hyaline

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d0_s12

0.1

0.3

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d0_s12

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

acute

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d0_s12

inflorescence flower anther

1.3

2.6

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d0_s13

15

80

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d0_s14

orientation

ascending

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d0_s14

light green

straw colored

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d0_s14

5-9-veined

conspicuously; abaxially

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d0_s14

veinless

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d0_s14

1-5-veined

faintly; adaxially

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d0_s14

broadly ovate

ovate-orbiculate

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d0_s14

planoconvex

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d0_s14

3.3-5×2.3-3.5

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d0_s14

0.5

0.8

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d0_s14

course

irregular

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d0_s14

flat

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d0_s14

0.4

0.8

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d0_s14

pubescence

relief

smooth

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d0_s14

redbrown

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d0_s15

flat

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d0_s15

atypical some measurement

1.6

1.8

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d0_s15

0.7

1.6

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d0_s15

ciliate-serrulate

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d0_s15

inflorescence flower anther suture

conspicuous

more or less

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d0_s15

chromosome

70

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d0_s17

chromosome

74

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d0_s17

stem rhizome

elongate

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d0_s1

general structure clump

life cycle

old

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d0_s1

30

100

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d0_s2

reproduction

vegetative

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d0_s3

few

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d0_s3

inconspicuous

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d0_s3

arrangement

3-ranked

not strikingly

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d0_s3

reproduction

fertile

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d0_s6

atypical quantity

4

6

1 reference

d0_s11

atypical quantity

8

10

1 reference

d0_s11

6

8

1 reference

d0_s11

fusion

distinct

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d0_s11

ovoid

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d0_s11

7

15

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d0_s11

5

9

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d0_s11

inflorescence flower petal venation midvein

paler

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d0_s12

inflorescence flower petal venation vein

1

2

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower petal venation midvein wing

yellowish

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d0_s14

1.8

3.1

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d0_s15

ovate

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d0_s17

orbiculate

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d0_s17

1.4-1.8×1.1-1.5

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d0_s17

0.5

0.7

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d0_s17

GBIF taxon key

2722509

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

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