Carex sterilis Willdenow (Q562)

establishment of distribution

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-NU

establishment of distribution

present

native

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

CA-MB

Man.

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CA-NL

Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.)

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CA-NU

Nunavut

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CA-ON

Ont.

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CA-QC

Que.

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CA-SK

Sask.

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US-CT

Conn.

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US-IL

Ill.

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US-IN

Ind.

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US-IA

Iowa

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US-ME

Maine

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US-MA

Mass.

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US-MI

Mich.

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US-MN

Minn.

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US-MO

Mo.

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US-NJ

N.J.

1 reference

US-NY

N.Y.

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US-OH

Ohio

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US-PA

Pa.

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US-TN

Tenn.

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US-VA

Va.

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US-WV

W.Va.

1 reference

US-WI

Wis.

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CA-NB

excluded

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.

Newfoundland, CA

establishment of distribution

present

native

1 reference

Carex sect. Stellulatae Kunth

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

parent taxon

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taxon habit

herb

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taxon habitat

fens

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openings

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white-cedar swamps

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wet calcareous

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prairies

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fresh interdunal meadows

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calcareous seeps

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lake

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river shores

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wet sunny limestone outcrops

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elevation

0–800 m

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special status

F

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E

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taxon description fragment

Culms 10–75 cm.

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d0_s0

Leaves 3–5 per culm;

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d0_s1

sheaths tight, inner band hyaline, 4–13 cm, apex concave, glabrous;

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d0_s2

ligules 0.3–1.7 mm, rounded to obtuse;

1 reference

d0_s3

blades plicate, 7.5–25 cm × 1.2–2.6 mm, widest leaf 1.6–2.6 mm wide.

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d0_s4

Inflorescences densely crowded distally, often with basal spikes ± separate, 0.9–4 cm;

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d0_s5

unisexual with pistillate and staminate spikes on different plants;

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d0_s7

pistillate plants rarely with few staminate flowers;

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d0_s8

staminate plants sometimes with few pistillate flowers scattered on spikes or, occasionally, entirely pistillate spikes mixed with entirely staminate ones in same inflorescence;

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d0_s9

proximal 2 spikes 3.8–15.5 mm apart, lateral spikes 3–13.5 mm, similar to terminal spikes;

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d0_s10

terminal spikes 3.5–13.7 mm, usually unisexual, pistillate spikes 5–26-flowered, 4.5–7.2 mm wide, staminate spikes 6–31-flowered, 1.2–2.6 mm wide.

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d0_s11

Pistillate scales ovate, 1.8–2.9 × 1–1.8 mm, apex acute.

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d0_s12

Staminate scales ovate, 2.2–3.3 × 1.1–1.8 mm, base not clavate, apex acute.

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d0_s13

Anthers (1–) 1.2–2.2 (–2.35) mm.

1 reference

d0_s14

Perigynia spreading to reflexed, castaneous to almost black, 5–12-veined abaxially, 0–10-veined adaxially, ovate to deltate, 2.1–3.8 × 1.2–2.2 mm, 1.4–2.3 (–2.7) times as long as wide;

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d0_s15

beak 0.65–1.6 mm, 0.45–0.8 length of body, setulose-serrulate, teeth whitish, 0.15–0.5 mm, soft.

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d0_s16

Achenes ovate to suborbiculate, 1–1.7 × 0.9–1.3 mm.

1 reference

d0_s17

morphology statement

leaf

3

5

1 reference

d0_s1

leaf sheath

density

tight

1 reference

d0_s2

concave

1 reference

d0_s2

pubescence

glabrous

1 reference

d0_s2

leaf ligule

0.3

1.7

1 reference

d0_s3

leaf ligule

rounded

obtuse

1 reference

d0_s3

leaf blade

plicate

1 reference

d0_s4

leaf blade

7.5

25

1 reference

d0_s4

leaf blade

1.2

2.6

1 reference

d0_s4

leaf

1.6

2.6

1 reference

d0_s4

inflorescence

crowded

densely; distally

1 reference

d0_s5

inflorescence

0.9

4

1 reference

d0_s5

pistillate

1 reference

d0_s8

growth form

plant

1 reference

d0_s8

few

1 reference

d0_s8

staminate

1 reference

d0_s8

few

1 reference

d0_s9

pistillate

1 reference

d0_s9

scattered

1 reference

d0_s9

staminate

1 reference

d0_s10

position

proximal

1 reference

d0_s10

growth form

plant

1 reference

d0_s10

pistillate

1 reference

d0_s12

ovate

1 reference

d0_s12

1.8

2.9

1 reference

d0_s12

1

1.8

1 reference

d0_s12

acute

1 reference

d0_s12

staminate

1 reference

d0_s13

ovate

1 reference

d0_s13

2.2

3.3

1 reference

d0_s13

1.1

1.8

1 reference

d0_s13

inflorescence phyllaries base

clavate

not

1 reference

d0_s13

acute

1 reference

d0_s13

inflorescence flower anther

atypical some measurement

1

1.2

1 reference

d0_s14

inflorescence flower anther

atypical some measurement

2.2

2.35

1 reference

d0_s14

inflorescence flower anther

1.2

2.2

1 reference

d0_s14

orientation

spreading

reflexed

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d0_s15

coloration

castaneous to almost

1 reference

d0_s15

coloration

black

almost

1 reference

d0_s15

5-12-veined

abaxially

1 reference

d0_s15

0-10-veined

adaxially

1 reference

d0_s15

ovate

deltate

1 reference

d0_s15

2.1

3.8

1 reference

d0_s15

1.2

2.2

1 reference

d0_s15

l w ratio

1.4-2.3(-2.7)

1 reference

d0_s15

fruit beak

0.65

1.6

1 reference

d0_s16

fruit beak

0.45 length of body

0.8 length of body

1 reference

d0_s16

fruit beak

setulose-serrulate

1 reference

d0_s16

stem culm

10

75

1 reference

d0_s0

separate

more or less

1 reference

d0_s5

3

8

1 reference

d0_s7

reproduction

unisexual

1 reference

d0_s7

pistillate

1 reference

d0_s7

staminate

1 reference

d0_s7

pistillate

entirely

1 reference

d0_s9

pistillate

entirely

1 reference

d0_s9

mixed

1 reference

d0_s9

2

1 reference

d0_s10

3.8

15.5

1 reference

d0_s10

apart

1 reference

d0_s10

3

13.5

1 reference

d0_s10

3.5

13.7

1 reference

d0_s11

reproduction

unisexual

usually

1 reference

d0_s11

pistillate

1 reference

d0_s11

5-26-flowered

1 reference

d0_s11

4.5

7.2

1 reference

d0_s11

staminate

1 reference

d0_s11

6-31-flowered

1 reference

d0_s11

1.2

2.6

1 reference

d0_s11

fruit achene

ovate

suborbiculate

1 reference

d0_s17

fruit achene

1

1.7

1 reference

d0_s17

fruit achene

0.9

1.3

1 reference

d0_s17

GBIF taxon key

2726068

1 reference

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

LC

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