Carex lupuliformis

Sartwell ex Dewey

Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 9: 29. 1850.

Common names: Carex faux-lupulina
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 513. Mentioned on page 508, 511, 514.

Plants loosely cespitose or not, long-rhizomatous. Culms solitary or not, erect, 50–130 cm. Leaves 4–7; basal sheaths brownish; sheath of distal leaf 3–21 cm; ligules rounded to triangular, 6–28 mm; blades 30–80 cm × 6–13 mm. Inflorescences 6–40 cm; peduncles of proximal spikes 1–13 cm, basal 2 peduncles 2–17 cm apart; of terminal spikes 1–12 cm, shorter than to somewhat exceeding the distal pistillate spike; bracts leafy, sheath 1–9 cm; blades 20–70 cm × 4–11 mm. Spikes: proximal pistillate spikes 2–6, the distal usually ± crowded, ascending, densely 8–90-flowered, usually cylindric, 2–8 × 1.5–3 cm; terminal staminate spikes 1–2, 2–10 cm × 2–5 mm. Pistillate scales 3–9 veined, lanceolate, 6–13 × 1.8–3.2 mm, apex acute to awned, awn rough, to 5.5 mm. Anthers 3, 3.5–7 mm. Perigynia ascending to spreading, strongly 17–25-veined, sessile, lanceovoid, 12–18.5 × 3.8–6 mm, shiny, glabrous; beak conic, 6–9 mm. Achenes stipitate, rhombic, concave faces, angles thickened, prominently knobbed with hard, nipplelike points, 3–4.5 × (2.2–) 2.4–3.4 mm; style same texture as achene.


Phenology: Fruiting late spring–summer.
Habitat: Wet forests, especially in openings around forest ponds, riverine wetlands, marshes, wet thickets
Elevation: 0–500 m

Distribution

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Ont., Que., Ark., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, La., Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., S.C., Tex., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Carex lupuliformis is rare and local throughout much of its range, especially northward.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

... more about "Carex lupuliformis"
smaller +
0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br /> (0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
knobbed +
2.4mm;3.4mm +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
hairy +  and glabrous +
acute;awned +
A. A. Reznicek +
Sartwell ex Dewey +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
cuneate +  and rounded +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
v--shaped +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
Carex faux-lupulina +
brown +, reddish +  and purplish +
round +  and trigonous +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (130 cm1,300 mm <br />1.3 m <br />) +
prophyllate +, pedunculate +  and staminate +
8-90-flowered +  and pistillate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Ont. +, Que. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, La. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tex. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
0–500 m +
concave +
open +, pistillate +  and staminate +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Wet forests, especially in openings around forest ponds, riverine wetlands, marshes, wet thickets +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
septate-nodulose +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (21 cm210 mm <br />0.21 m <br />) +
rounded +  and triangular +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
sessile +  and 17-25-veined +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.85 cm18.5 mm <br />0.0185 m <br />) +
ascending +  and spreading +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Fruiting late spring–summer. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. +
adventitious +
veined +  and pistillate +
basal +  and proximal +
lanceolate +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.32 cm3.2 mm <br />0.0032 m <br />) +
shorter or longer +
septate-nodulose +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
persistent +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex lupuliformis +
Carex sect. Lupulinae +
species +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
plant +, not +  and cespitose +