Carex appalachica J. M. Webber & P. W. Ball (Q469)

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Carex appalachica is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Phaestoglochin
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Carex appalachica J. M. Webber & P. W. Ball
Carex appalachica is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Phaestoglochin

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    taxon/id/Carex appalachica J.M. Webber & P.W. Ball
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    Carex appalachica J.M. Webber & P.W. Ball
    Carex appalachica
    J.M. Webber & P.W. Ball
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    carex des Appalaches (French)
    Appalachian sedge (English)
    Carex des Appalaches (English)
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    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/
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    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.
    dry to mesic deciduous
    mixed forests
    rocky soils
    Plants without short-creeping rhizomes.
    Culms 20–60 cm, 0.7–1.3 mm wide basally, 0.2–0.5 mm wide distally.
    Leaves: sheaths tight, green, fronts hyaline;
    ligules less than 2 mm, wider than long;
    widest leaf-blades 0.9–1.5 mm wide.
    Inflorescences with 3–6 spikes, 2–8 cm × 2.5–6.5 mm;
    proximal internodes more than 2 times as long as proximal spikes;
    proximal bracts 1–11 cm;
    spikes with 2–5 (–7) ascending perigynia.
    Pistillate scales hyaline with green midvein, ovate to circular-ovate, 1.2–1.9 × 0.9–1.6 mm, body 1/2 length of perigynium, apex obtuse, acute, or short-awned.
    Anthers 0.8–1.3 mm.
    Perigynia green, faces not veined, 2–3.4 × 0.8–1.3 mm, base of perigynium spongy, thickened, longitudinally striate adaxially, spongy region 0.5–1.1 mm, margins serrulate distally;
    beak 0.3–1 mm, apical teeth 0.1–0.4 mm.
    Stigmas coiled or twisted, 0.05–0.08 (–0.09) mm wide.
    Achenes ovate to obovate, 1.4–2 × 0.8–1.3 mm. 2n = 52.