Carex xerantica L. H. Bailey (Q363)

present

native

1 reference

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

present

native

1 reference

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

CA-MB

present

native

1 reference

Manitoba Checklist, 2002

CA-ON

present

native

1 reference

Newmaster, S.G. & S. Ragupathy. 2005. Flora Ontario - Integrated Botanical Information System (FOIBIS), Phase I. University of Guelph, Canada. http://www.uoguelph.ca/foibis http://www.uoguelph.ca/foibis/

CA-YT

present

native

1 reference

Bennett, B., P.M. Catling, W.J. Cody & G.W. Argus. 2010. New records of vascular plants in the Yukon Territory VIII. Canadian Field Naturalist 124 (1): 1-27. http://canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1025

CA-AB

Alta.

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CA-BC

B.C.

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CA-MB

Man.

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CA-ON

Ont.

1 reference

CA-SK

Sask.

1 reference

US-MN

Minn.

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US-MT

Mont.

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US-NE

Nebr.

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US-ND

N.Dak.

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US-SD

S.Dak.

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US-WY

Wyo.

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parent taxon

Carex sect. Ovales Kunth

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taxon habit

herb

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GBIF taxon key

2723338

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

taxon habitat

dry grasslands

1 reference

rock outcrops

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talus slopes

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elevation

300–2100 m

measurement range from

300 meter

measurement range to

2,100 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

Culms 15–70 cm.

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d0_s1

Leaves: sheaths adaxially white-hyaline, summits U-shaped, occasionally shortly prolonged beyond collar;

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d0_s2

distal ligules 0.8–1 mm;

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d0_s3

blades 3–5 per fertile culm, often folded, 3.5–20 cm × 1–3 mm.

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d0_s4

Inflorescences stiffly erect, open or spikes loosely aggregate, if open, sometimes arching, whitish to pale-brown, 1.5–5 cm × 5–10 mm;

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d0_s5

proximal internode 5–10 mm;

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d0_s6

2d internode 4–8 mm;

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d0_s7

proximal bracts scalelike to bristlelike, shorter than inflorescences.

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d0_s8

Spikes 3–5, distant, distinct, ovoid-ellipsoid, 7–14 × 3–8 mm, base tapered to attenuate, apex acute.

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d0_s9

Pistillate scales whitish to yellowish, with 1-veined, green to gold midstripe, or white almost throughout at maturity, ovate, 4.4–6 mm, longer and as wide as and concealing perigynia, margin hyaline, 0.3–0.7 mm wide, apex acute.

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d0_s10

Perigynia essentially erect, pale yellowish-brown, often with green beak, 8–10-veined abaxially, veinless or indistinctly 8–10-veined adaxially, ovate to broadly ovate, planoconvex or thickly concavo-convex, 3.8–4.8 × 1.4–2.2 mm, 0.5–0.6 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.2–0.4 mm wide, ciliate-serrulate at least on distal body;

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d0_s11

beak white-hyaline at tip, flat, ± ciliate-serrulate to the bidentate apex, abaxial suture inconspicuous or white-hyaline, distance from beak tip to achene 1.4–2.2 mm.

1 reference

d0_s12

2n = 68.

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