Carex pachystachya Chamisso ex Steudel (Q344)

establishment of distribution

occurrence status

present

native

1 reference

publication

Packer, J.G. & A.J. Gould. 2017.Vascular Plants of Alberta. Part 1: Ferns, Fern Allies, Gymnospermes, and Monocots. University of Calgary Press, Calgary.

CA-SK

establishment of distribution

occurrence status

present

native

1 reference

publication

Harms, V.L. 2006. Annotated catalogue of Saskatchewan vascular plants. http://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/Docs/AnnotatedCatalogueSKVascPlants2006.pdf

CA-YT

establishment of distribution

occurrence status

present

native

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publication

Cody, W.J. 2000. Flora of the Yukon Territory. 2nd ed. National Research Press, Ottawa. 669 pp.

CA-AB

Alta.

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CA-BC

B.C.

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CA-SK

Sask.

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CA-YT

Yukon

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US-AK

Alaska

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US-CA

Calif.

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US-CO

Colo.

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US-ID

Idaho

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US-MT

Mont.

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US-NV

Nev.

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US-OR

Oreg.

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US-UT

Utah

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US-WA

Wash.

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US-WY

Wyo.

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Asia (Siberia)

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parent taxon

Carex sect. Ovales Kunth

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taxon habit

herb

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taxon habitat

moist to wet

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moist to open meadows

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strands

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lakeshores

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forest edges

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elevation

0–3500 m

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special status

F

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taxon description fragment

Plants densely cespitose.

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d0_s0

Culms 15–120 cm.

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d0_s1

Leaves: sheath white hyaline or green-veined, summits usually U-shaped, often prolonged to 4 mm beyond collar;

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d0_s2

distal ligules 1–2.5 (–4) mm;

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d0_s3

blades 3–4 (–5) per fertile culm, 10–30 cm × 1.2–4.2 (–6.5) mm.

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d0_s4

Inflorescences dense or open, gold to dark-brown, 0.9–2.8 cm × 6.7–16.3 mm;

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d0_s5

proximal internode 0.7–4.5 (–9) mm;

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d0_s6

2d internode 0.7–4 mm;

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d0_s7

proximal bracts usually scalelike, sometimes bristlelike, shorter than inflorescences.

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d0_s8

Spikes 3–9 (–13), distinct or densely aggregated and individually indistinct, ovoid to broadly ovoid, 4.4–10 × 3.2–8.7 mm, appearing coarse-textured, base acute to rounded, apex rounded.

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d0_s9

Pistillate scales dark gold or redbrown to dark-brown, usually with pale or green midstripe, ovate, 2.2–3.7 (–4.2) mm, less than or equaling perigynia in length and width, margin white, 0–0.15 mm wide, apex obtuse to long-acute.

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d0_s10

Perigynia ascending to spreading, golden brown or coppery to blackish, conspicuously (0–) 2–9-veined abaxially, conspicuously 0–4 (–7) -veined adaxially, veins reaching top of achene, ovate to elliptic-ovate, planoconvex, 2.8–4.7 (–5.1) × 1.1–2.3 mm, 0.5–0.7 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.2–0.4 mm wide, sometimes filled with pithlike tissue near base, ciliate-serrulate at least on distal body, occasionally with white margin, with metallic sheen;

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d0_s11

beak redbrown to black at tip, sometimes white-hyaline, cylindric, unwinged, ± entire for 0.4–0.7 mm, suture usually inconspicuous, distance from beak tip to achene 1.5–2.2 (–2.8) mm.

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d0_s12

2n = 74.

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d0_s14

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 sheath

white hyaline

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d0_s2

leaf sheath

green-veined

1 reference

d0_s2

leaf ligule

2.5

4

1 reference

d0_s3

leaf ligule

1

2.5

1 reference

d0_s3

atypical quantity

4

5

1 reference

d0_s4

quantity

3

4

1 reference

d0_s4

10

30

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d0_s4

atypical width

4.2

6.5

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d0_s4

1.2

4.2

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d0_s4

density

dense

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d0_s5

open

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d0_s5

gold

dark-brown

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d0_s5

0.9

2.8

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d0_s5

6.7

16.3

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d0_s5

stem internode

4.5

9

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d0_s6

stem internode

0.7

4.5

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d0_s6

stem internode

0.7

4

1 reference

d0_s7

inflorescence peduncle bract

scale-like

usually

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d0_s8

inflorescence peduncle bract

bristlelike

sometimes

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d0_s8

inflorescence peduncle bract

height

size

shorter

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d0_s8

inflorescence phyllaries base

texture

coarse-textured

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d0_s9

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

rounded

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d0_s9

pistillate

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d0_s10

redbrown

dark-brown

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d0_s10

ovate

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d0_s10

3.7

4.2

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d0_s10

2.2

3.7

1 reference

d0_s10

character

width

less

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d0_s10

variability

equaling

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d0_s10

white

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d0_s10

0

0.15

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d0_s10

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

obtuse

long-acute

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d0_s10

orientation

ascending

spreading

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d0_s11

coppery

blackish

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d0_s11

(0-)2-9-veined

conspicuously; abaxially

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d0_s11

0-4(-7)-veined

conspicuously; adaxially

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d0_s11

prominence

flat

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d0_s11

0.2

0.4

1 reference

d0_s11

ciliate-serrulate

sometimes

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d0_s11

tissue

pithlike

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d0_s11

inflorescence phyllaries base

pithlike

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d0_s11

white

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d0_s11

redbrown

black

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d0_s12

white-hyaline

sometimes

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d0_s12

cylindric

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d0_s12

unwinged

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d0_s12

entire

more or less

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d0_s12

inflorescence flower anther suture

prominence

inconspicuous

usually

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d0_s12

chromosome

quantity

74

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d0_s14

stem culm

15

120

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d0_s1

stem culm

reproduction

fertile

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d0_s4

atypical quantity

9

13

1 reference

d0_s9

quantity

3

9

1 reference

d0_s9

fusion

distinct

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d0_s9

arrangement

aggregated

densely

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d0_s9

prominence

indistinct

individually

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d0_s9

ovoid

broadly ovoid

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d0_s9

4.4

10

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d0_s9

3.2

8.7

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d0_s9

acute

rounded

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d0_s9

inflorescence flower petal venation midstripe

pale

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d0_s10

inflorescence flower petal venation midstripe

green

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d0_s10

ovate

elliptic-ovate

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d0_s11

planoconvex

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d0_s11

2.8-4.7

5.1

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d0_s11

2.8-4.7

1 reference

d0_s11

0.5

0.7

1 reference

d0_s11

2.2

2.8

1 reference

d0_s12

1.5

2.2

1 reference

d0_s12

elliptic

broadly ovate

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d0_s14

1.2-1.9×0.7-1.4

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d0_s14

0.4

0.6

1 reference

d0_s14

GBIF taxon key

2724825

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

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