Carex alata

Torrey

Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 396. 1836.

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 366. Mentioned on page 335, 362, 364, 367.

Plants densely cespitose. Culms 30–140 cm. Leaves: sheaths adaxially conspicuously green-veined nearly to collar, narrow hyaline band or sharp Y-shaped region at collar, adaxially firm, sometimes papillose, summits U-shaped; distal ligules 2.8–8 mm; blades 3–7 per fertile culm, 11–50 cm × 2.5–6 mm. Inflorescences dense or open, pale green or brown, 2–6.5 cm × 7–20 mm; proximal internode 3–13 mm; 2d internode 4–10 mm; proximal bracts scalelike with bristle tips shorter than inflorescences. Spikes 3–11, distant, distinct, ellipsoid to ovoid, 6–20 × 4–9 mm, base rounded or short-acute, apex broadly acute to obtuse. Pistillate scales white-hyaline or tan, with green midstripe extending to tip, lanceolate, 2.8–3.5 (–3.8) mm, shorter or longer and much narrower than perigynia, apex firm, acuminate or awned to 0.8 mm. Perigynia ± spreading, light or golden brown, faintly 3–8-veined on each face, obovate, flat except over achene, 4–5.5 × 2.5–3.8 mm, 0.4–0.5 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.8–1.5 mm wide; beak light-brown at tip, flat, 0.85–2.2 mm, ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture with light-brown margin, distance from beak tip to achene 1.8–3 mm. Achenes oblong, 1.7–2 × 0.9–1.1 mm, 0.3–0.4 mm thick. 2n = 74.


Phenology: Fruiting late spring–mid summer.
Habitat: Peaty shores, marshes, wet thickets, woods
Elevation: 0–400 m

Distribution

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Ont., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Mich., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Carex alata"
smaller +
0.3mm +  and 0.4mm +
bidentatate +
papillose +
awned;acuminate;broadly acute;obtuse +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
Joy Mastrogiuseppe +, Paul E. Rothrock +, A. C. Dibble +  and A. A. Reznicek +
Torrey +
papillose +
persistent +
short-acute +  and rounded +
not enlarged +
ciliate-serrulate +
0.085 cm0.85 mm <br />8.5e-4 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
3 +  and 7 +
v--shaped +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
round +  and trigonous +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (140 cm1,400 mm <br />1.4 m <br />) +
0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Ont. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Mo. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
0–400 m +
open +, pistillate +  and staminate +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Peaty shores, marshes, wet thickets, woods +
brown +  and pale green +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
not prophyllate +, sessile +  and pistillate +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
light-brown +
0.8mm +  and 1.5mm +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
golden brown +  and light +
0.4mm +  and 0.5mm +
Fruiting late spring–mid summer. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
sheathless +  and bristlelike +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York +
papillose +
y--shaped +  and sharp +
adventitious +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br />) +
tan +  and white-hyaline +
basal +  and proximal +
lanceolate +
0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
herbaceous +  and membranous +
not differentiated +
cylindric +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
distinct +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
ellipsoid;ovoid +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
deciduous +  and persistent +
2-3(-4)-fid +
u--shaped +
Carex alata +
Carex sect. Ovales +
species +
plant +  and cespitose +