Carex tincta (Fernald) Fernald (Q359)

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

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-PE

present

native

1 reference

Catling, P.M., D.S. Erskine & R.B. MacLaren. 1985. The Plants of Prince Edward Island with new records, nomenclatural changes, and corrections and deletions. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Ottawa. Publication 1798. 272 pp.

CA-NS

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-PE

P.E.I.

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CA-QC

Que.

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US-IL

Ill.

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US-ME

Maine

1 reference

US-MA

Mass.

1 reference

US-MI

Mich.

1 reference

US-NH

N.H.

1 reference

US-VT

Vt.

1 reference

US-WI

Wis.

1 reference

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-AB

excluded

1 reference

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. Ovales Kunth

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taxon habit

herb

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taxon habitat

dry to seasonally moist grassy meadows

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roadsides

1 reference

open woods

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elevation

80–400 m

measurement range from

80 meter

measurement range to

400 meter

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special status

F

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E

1 reference

taxon description fragment

Plants loosely cespitose;

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d0_s0

rhizomes appearing elongate in old clumps.

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d0_s1

Culms typically (3–) 5–9 per clump, 25–85 (–150) cm;

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d0_s2

vegetative culms inconspicuous, usually fewer than 10 leaves clustered at apex, not strikingly 3-ranked.

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d0_s3

Leaves: sheaths with adaxial hyaline area, not mottled abaxially, frequently puckered or cross-corrugated, summits truncate or U-shaped, rarely slightly V-shaped, at most shortly prolonged beyond collar, papillose (at 30X);

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d0_s4

distal ligules 1.5–3.5 mm;

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d0_s5

blades 2–4 per fertile culm, 10–28 (–40) cm × 2–4 mm.

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d0_s6

Inflorescences erect, compact on tallest culms, dense, brown, 1.2–2.5 (–3.5) cm × 8–12 (–15) mm;

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d0_s7

proximal internode 1.5–6 (–10) mm;

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d0_s8

2d internode 2–3.5 mm.

1 reference

d0_s9

Spikes 4–11, ± overlapping, ellipsoid or globose, 5.5–10 × 3.6–6.5 mm, base usually acute, apex rounded to broadly acute;

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d0_s10

proximal bracts scalelike, often with bristle tips shorter than inflorescences.

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d0_s11

Pistillate scales reddish-brown or dark-brown, ovate to lanceolate, 2.4–3.5 mm, at least slightly shorter than perigynium beaks, narrower than perigynia, apex acute or somewhat obtuse.

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d0_s12

Perigynia spreading to ascending-spreading, tan to brown at maturity, contrasting with scales while maturing, conspicuously at least 4–8-veined abaxially, 3–7-veined adaxially, broadly ovate, planoconvex, 3.5–4.5 (–4.7) × (1.4–) 1.6–2.4 mm, 0.45–0.6 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.25–0.45 mm wide, smooth;

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d0_s13

beak golden to dark-brown tinged at tip, flat, ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture with golden to dark-brown hyaline margin, distance from beak tip to achene 1.7–2.3 mm.

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d0_s14

n = 36+IV.

1 reference

d0_s16

morphology statement

whole organism

growth form

cespitose

loosely

1 reference

d0_s0

whole organism

growth form

plant

1 reference

d0_s0

leaf

growth form

clustered

1 reference

d0_s3

leaf

3-ranked

not strikingly

1 reference

d0_s3

leaf sheath

mottled

not; abaxially

1 reference

d0_s4

leaf sheath

relief

puckered

frequently

1 reference

d0_s4

leaf sheath

relief

cross-corrugated

1 reference

d0_s4

leaf ligule

1.5

3.5

1 reference

d0_s5

2

4

1 reference

d0_s6

atypical length

28

40

1 reference

d0_s6

10

28

1 reference

d0_s6

2

4

1 reference

d0_s6

orientation

erect

1 reference

d0_s7

compact

1 reference

d0_s7

density

dense

1 reference

d0_s7

brown

1 reference

d0_s7

atypical length

2.5

3.5

1 reference

d0_s7

1.2

2.5

1 reference

d0_s7

atypical width

12

15

1 reference

d0_s7

8

12

1 reference

d0_s7

stem internode

atypical some measurement

6

10

1 reference

d0_s8

stem internode

1.5

6

1 reference

d0_s8

stem internode

2

3.5

1 reference

d0_s9

inflorescence phyllaries base

acute

usually

1 reference

d0_s10

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

rounded

broadly acute

1 reference

d0_s10

inflorescence peduncle bract

scale-like

1 reference

d0_s11

inflorescence peduncle bract

height

size

shorter

1 reference

d0_s11

inflorescence phyllary tip

height

size

shorter

1 reference

d0_s11

pistillate

1 reference

d0_s12

reddish-brown

1 reference

d0_s12

dark-brown

1 reference

d0_s12

ovate

lanceolate

1 reference

d0_s12

2.4

3.5

1 reference

d0_s12

height

size

at-least slightly shorter

1 reference

d0_s12

narrower

1 reference

d0_s12

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

acute

1 reference

d0_s12

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style apex

obtuse

somewhat

1 reference

d0_s12

orientation

spreading

ascending-spreading

1 reference

d0_s13

tan

brown

1 reference

d0_s13

4-8-veined

conspicuously at-least; abaxially

1 reference

d0_s13

3-7-veined

adaxially

1 reference

d0_s13

ovate

broadly

1 reference

d0_s13

planoconvex

1 reference

d0_s13

1.4

.4

1 reference

d0_s13

.4

4.7

1 reference

d0_s13

.4

1 reference

d0_s13

0.45

0.6

1 reference

d0_s13

prominence

flat

1 reference

d0_s13

0.25

0.45

1 reference

d0_s13

pubescence

relief

smooth

1 reference

d0_s13

fruit beak

golden

dark-brown tinged

1 reference

d0_s14

fruit beak

prominence

flat

1 reference

d0_s14

fruit beak

ciliate-serrulate

1 reference

d0_s14

golden

dark-brown hyaline

1 reference

d0_s14

chromosome

36

?

1 reference

d0_s16

stem rhizome

elongate

1 reference

d0_s1

general structure clump

life cycle

old

1 reference

d0_s1

atypical quantity

3

5

1 reference

d0_s2

5

9

1 reference

d0_s2

atypical some measurement

85

150

1 reference

d0_s2

25

85

1 reference

d0_s2

reproduction

vegetative

1 reference

d0_s3

prominence

inconspicuous

1 reference

d0_s3

0

10

1 reference

d0_s3

reproduction

fertile

1 reference

d0_s6

4

11

1 reference

d0_s10

overlapping

more or less

1 reference

d0_s10

ellipsoid

1 reference

d0_s10

globose

1 reference

d0_s10

5.5

10

1 reference

d0_s10

3.6

6.5

1 reference

d0_s10

1.7

2.3

1 reference

d0_s14

ovate

broadly elliptic

1 reference

d0_s16

1.3-1.6×0.9-1.2

1 reference

d0_s16

0.4

0.55

1 reference

d0_s16

GBIF taxon key

2722800

1 reference

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

1 reference