Carex atrofusca Schkuhr (Q83)

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Carex atrofusca is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Aulocystis
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Carex atrofusca Schkuhr
Carex atrofusca is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Aulocystis

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    taxon/id/Carex atrofusca Schkuhr
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    Carex atrofusca Schkuhr
    Carex atrofusca
    Schkuhr
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    carex brun foncé (French)
    laiche rouge noirâtre (French)
    dark-brown sedge (English)
    scorched alpine sedge (English)
    Carex brun foncé (English)
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    Newmaster, S.G., A. Lehela, M.J. Oldham, P.W.C. Uhlig & S. McMurray. 1998. Ontario Plant List. Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Forest Information Paper No. 123. 550 pp.
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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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    Cody, W.J. 2000. Flora of the Yukon Territory. 2nd ed. National Research Press, Ottawa. 669 pp.
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    Porsild, A.E. & W.J. Cody. 1980. Vascular Plants of the Continental Northwest Territories, Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Ont. 667 pp.
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    Aiken, S.G., M.J. Dallwitz, L.L. Consaul, C.L., McJannet, R.L., Boles, G.W. Argus, J.M. Gillett, P.J. Scott, R. Elven, M.C. LeBlanc, L.J. Gillespie, A.K. Brysting, H. Solstad & J.G. Harris. 2007. Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval. [CD-ROM] NRC Research Press, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa.
    Greenland
    Eurasia
    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
    Greenland, GL
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    Böcher, T.W., B. Fredskild, K. Holmen & K. Jakobsen. 1978. Grønlands Flora. P. Haase & Søns Forlag, København. 326 pp.
    sedge meadows
    moist shores
    Plants loosely cespitose;
    rhizomes short, slender.
    Culms to 30 (–60) cm.
    Leaves: blades 2–4 mm wide.
    Inflorescences 2–6 (–8) cm;
    proximal internode 10–40 mm;
    peduncle of proximal spikes exserted to 4 cm;
    proximal bracts with blade 5–22 mm, sheath cylindric, 5–28 mm, mouth usually tinged with dark purple, 0.9–1.4 mm wide Spikes 2–5;
    lateral spikes usually pistillate, inclined or pendent, 8–19 × 4–7 mm;
    terminal spike staminate or gynecandrous, erect or inclined, 6–15 × 2–5 mm.
    Pistillate scales black with pale midvein, ovate or oblongovate, 3–4.8 × 0.9–1.6 mm, margins narrow and scarious, apex acute to obtuse, papillose at least on midvein.
    Staminate scales black with pale midvein, oblong-obovate, 3–5 × 1.2–1.8 mm, margins scarious, apex acute or obtuse.
    Anthers 1.9–2.6 mm.
    Perigynia ascending, pale-brown proximally, black distally, indistinctly veined, ovate, 3–4.8 (–5.5) × 0.9–1.6 mm, papillose at least on margins;
    beak distinct, 0.3–0.5 mm.
    Achenes ellipsoid, 1.4–1.6 × 0.7–0.9 mm.