Carex oligosperma Michaux (Q576)

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Carex oligosperma is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Vesicariae
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Carex oligosperma Michaux
Carex oligosperma is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Vesicariae

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    taxon/id/Carex oligosperma Michaux
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    Carex oligosperma Michaux
    Carex oligosperma
    Michaux
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    carex oligosperme (French)
    few-seeded sedge (English)
    few-seeded hop sedge (English)
    running bog sedge (English)
    Carex oligosperme (English)
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    Etcheberry, R. 1989. Plantes de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon. Unpublished list (MT).
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    Cody, W.J. 2000. Flora of the Yukon Territory. 2nd ed. National Research Press, Ottawa. 669 pp.
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    Kotanen, P.M. 2005. List of the Vascular Plants of Akimiki Island, Nunavut Territory. www.utm.utoronto.ca/~w3pkota/akimiskiflora/akiplants.doc (consulted 2010-08) http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/~w3pkota/akimiskiflora/akiplants.doc
    Newfoundland, CA
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    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
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    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
    extensive stands
    sphagnum-dominated areas
    poor fens
    acidic
    peaty soils
    open swamps
    marshes
    lakeshores
    0–1200 m
    Plants loosely cespitose;
    Culms obtusely trigonous in cross-section, 30–90 cm, smooth or scabrous-angled distally.
    Leaves: basal sheaths reddish purple;
    ligules as wide as long to wider than long;
    blades dark green, wiry, filiform, with involute margins, 0.5–2.5 mm wide, glabrous.
    Inflorescences 3–20 cm;
    proximal bract 3–15 (–25) cm, shorter than to exceeding inflorescence;
    proximal 1–2 spikes pistillate, erect, ovoid to cylindric;
    terminal 1 (–2) spikes staminate.
    Pistillate scales ovate, 3.2–5.6 × 2.6–3.8 mm, shorter than perigynia, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute, awnless.
    Perigynia ascending, 7–15-veined, veins extending into beak, ovate, 4–6.7 × 2.5–3.4 mm, leathery, apex tapered;
    beak 0.3–0.9 mm, obscurely bidentulate, glabrous, teeth straight to somewhat outcurved, to 0.3 mm.
    Achenes brown, trigonous, smooth.