Carex backii Boott in W. J. Hooker (Q492)

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Carex backii is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Phyllostachyae
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Carex backii Boott in W. J. Hooker
Carex backii is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Phyllostachyae

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    taxon/id/Carex backii Boott
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    Carex backii Boott
    Carex backii
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    carex de Back (French)
    Back's sedge (English)
    Back’s sedge (English)
    carex de Back (English)
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    Klinkenberg, B. (ed.). 2010+. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia. Lab. for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. http://www.eflora.bc.ca http://www.eflora.bc.ca/
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    Packer, J.G. & A.J. Gould. 2017.Vascular Plants of Alberta. Part 1: Ferns, Fern Allies, Gymnospermes, and Monocots. University of Calgary Press, Calgary.
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    Harms, V.L. 2006. Annotated catalogue of Saskatchewan vascular plants. http://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/Docs/AnnotatedCatalogueSKVascPlants2006.pdf
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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.
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    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.
    shaded slopes
    ridges
    barrens
    hardwood
    coniferous forests
    pine plantations
    acidic
    calcareous substrates
    Culms 1.4–25 cm.
    Leaves: basal sheaths pale to medium brown;
    blades dull green to yellowish green, longer than stems, 1.3–5.4 mm wide, coriaceous, margins green, crenulate to scabrous.
    Lateral spikes 0–3, basal, on erect peduncles.
    Terminal spikes with staminate portion 2–3-flowered, 2-–3.6 × 0.4–1 mm;
    Pistillate scales green, margins (2–) 2.5–6.5 mm wide, essentially concealing perigynia, apex acute, distal scales lanceolate to ovate, apex acute.
    Staminate scales green to pale-brown, ovate to oblong, 1.9–3.5 × 0.8–1.5 mm, margins enfolding scales above, white, often with reddish-brown tinge, apex obtuse.
    Anthers 0.9–1.3 mm.
    Perigynia dull green to dark olive green, ellipsoid to ovoid, 4.8–6.6 × 1.9–3.2 mm, loosely enveloping achenes, apex gradually tapering;
    beak 1.9–2.9 mm, smooth.
    Stigmas clavate, erect, shorth, thick, minutely papillose.
    Achenes 2.5–3.2 × 1.6–2.3 mm. 2n = 66.