Carex comosa Boott (Q570)

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-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-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.

CA-ON

Ont.

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CA-QC

Que.

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US-AR

Ark.

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US-CA

Calif.

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US-CT

Conn.

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US-DE

Del.

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US-ID

Idaho

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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-MD

Md.

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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-MS

Miss.

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US-NJ

N.J.

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US-NY

N.Y.

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US-NC

N.C.

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US-OH

Ohio

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US-PA

Pa.

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US-SC

S.C.

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US-TN

Tenn.

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US-TX

Tex.

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US-VT

Vt.

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US-VA

Va.

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US-WI

Wis.

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Mexico

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Carex sect. Vesicariae (Heuffel) J. Carey

parent taxon

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taxon habit

herb

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taxon habitat

swamps

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wet thickets

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stream

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pond

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lakeshores

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depressions

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wet meadows

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marshes

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freshwater tidal marshes

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shallow water

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emergent stumps

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floating logs

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floating mats

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vegetation

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elevation

0–700 m

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special status

W2

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F

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taxon description fragment

Plants densely to loosely cespitose;

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d0_s0

rhizomes short, no more than 10 cm.

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d0_s1

Culms trigonous in cross-section, 50–120 cm, scabrous distally.

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d0_s2

Leaves: basal sheaths pale-brown;

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d0_s3

ligules usually much longer than wide;

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d0_s4

blades mid to dark green, flat to W-shaped, 5–16 mm wide, glabrous.

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d0_s5

Inflorescences 4–35 cm;

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d0_s6

proximal bract 15–85 cm, much longer than inflorescence;

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d0_s7

proximal (2–) 3–6 spikes pistillate, erect or the proximal pendent, cylindric, 12–18 mm thick;

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d0_s8

terminal staminate or, sometimes, gynaecandrous, androgynous, or mixed.

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d0_s9

Pistillate scales lanceolate-acuminate, 2.8–12 × 0.4–1 mm, all but the proximal shorter than perigynia, margins ciliate, apex tapering to long scabrous awn.

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d0_s10

Staminate scales scabrous-awned, sometimes ciliate-margined.

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d0_s11

Perigynia spreading to reflexed when mature, strongly 14–22-veined, most veins separated by less than 2 times their width, confluent at or proximal to mid beak, tightly investing achene, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, (4.8–) 6.2–8.7 × 1.1–1.8 mm, leathery, apex gradually tapered;

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d0_s12

beak poorly defined, 2–3.8 mm, bidentate, teeth outcurved, 1.3–2.1 (–2.8) mm.

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