Carex nigra (Linnaeus) Reichard (Q414)

present

introduced

1 reference

Canadian Museum of Nature (CAN), Gatineau, QC. Specimen.

CA-QC

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.

FR-PM

present

native

1 reference

Etcheberry, R. 1989. Plantes de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon. Unpublished list (MT).

Greenland

1 reference

St. Pierre and Miquelon

1 reference

CA-NB

N.B.

1 reference

CA-NL

Nfld. and Labr.

1 reference

CA-NS

N.S.

1 reference

CA-PE

P.E.I.

1 reference

CA-QC

Que.

1 reference

US-CT

Conn.

1 reference

US-ME

Maine

1 reference

US-MA

Mass.

1 reference

US-MI

Mich.

1 reference

US-NH

N.H.

1 reference

US-NY

N.Y.

1 reference

US-VT

Vt.

1 reference

Europe

1 reference

w. Asia

1 reference

Newfoundland, CA

present

native

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

Labrador, CA

present

native

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

Greenland, GL

present

native

1 reference

Carex sect. Phacocystis Dumortier

Böcher, T.W., B. Fredskild, K. Holmen & K. Jakobsen. 1978. Grønlands Flora. P. Haase & Søns Forlag, København. 326 pp.

parent taxon

1 reference

taxon habit

herb

1 reference

taxon habitat

wet meadows

1 reference

elevation

0–200 m

1 reference

special status

F

1 reference

taxon description fragment

Plants not cespitose.

1 reference

d0_s0

Culms acutely angled, 10–110 cm, scabrous.

1 reference

d0_s1

Leaves: basal sheaths redbrown;

1 reference

d0_s2

sheaths of proximal leaves glabrous, fronts lacking spots and veins, apex truncate;

1 reference

d0_s3

blades epistomic, 2–4.5 mm wide, adaxially papillose.

1 reference

d0_s4

Inflorescences: proximal bract subequal to inflorescence, 1.5–4 mm wide.

1 reference

d0_s5

Spikes erect;

1 reference

d0_s6

proximal 2–3 spikes pistillate, 1.2–4.2 cm × 3–5 mm, base obtuse or acute;

1 reference

d0_s7

terminal 1–2 spikes staminate.

1 reference

d0_s8

Pistillate scales dark purple-brown or black, shorter than perigynia, apex obtuse, awnless.

1 reference

d0_s9

Perigynia ascending, pale-brown with redbrown or black spots on apical 1/2, occasionally black on apical 1/2, 3–9-veined on each face, somewhat flattened, tightly enclosing achenes, stipitate, ellipsoid or obovoid, 2–3.7 × 1.1–2.1 mm, somewhat leathery, dull, base truncate, distended, apex obtuse or rounded, papillose;

1 reference

d0_s10

stipe 0.1–0.3 mm;

1 reference