Carex crinita var. brevicrinis

Fernald

Rhodora 48: 54. 1946.

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 386. Mentioned on page 387.

Culms 45–150 cm. Leaf-blades 24–50 cm × 4.8–14 mm. Inflorescences: peduncle of proximal spike 0.5–6.8 cm; proximal bract longer than inflorescence, 4.6–12 mm wide; pistillate spikes 3–5; the proximal 3.4–12 cm × 3.3–7 mm. Pistillate scales (including awn) 3.4–9.8 mm. Perigynia divergent to ascending, broadly obovoid, 2–3.9 × 1.8–2.8 mm, apex obtuse to truncate; beak 0.2–0.5 mm. Achenes not constricted. 2n = 66.


Phenology: Fruiting Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Swamps, floodplain forests, wet meadows, marshes, bogs, stream edges, margins of lakes and ponds, roadside ditches
Elevation: 0–1500 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Recent treatments of the Carex crinita species complex have not discriminated C. crinita var. brevicrinis. Genetic data coupled with morphologic data have demonstrated that C. crinita var. brevicrinis is distinct from C. crinita var. crinita. Although the taxa are predominantly allopatric, in New Jersey they may be sympatric and syntopic. Carex crinita var. brevicrinis is sympatric and syntopic over a significant portion of its distribution with C. mitchelliana; hybridization between the two taxa has been reported.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

biconvex +
not constricted +
, +  and papillose +
obtuse;truncate +
Lisa A. Standley +, Jacques Cayouette +  and Leo Bruederle +
Fernald +
not +  and fibrous +
attenuate +  and cuneate +
bidentate +  and emarginate +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
papillose +
m--shaped +  and v--shaped +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
redbrown +  and brown +
45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
prophyllate +, subsessile +, pedunculate +  and staminate +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
0–1500 m +
open +, pistillate +  and staminate +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
redbrown +  and copper-brown +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Swamps, floodplain forests, wet meadows, marshes, bogs, stream edges, margins of lakes and ponds, roadside ditches +
24 cm240 mm <br />0.24 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
aristate +  and retuse +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (6.8 cm68 mm <br />0.068 m <br />) +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
stipitate +, sessile +, veinless +  and veined +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.39 cm3.9 mm <br />0.0039 m <br />) +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br />) +
Fruiting Jun–Aug. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
short-sheathing +, sheathless +  and leaflike +
0.46 cm4.6 mm <br />0.0046 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
3.4 cm34 mm <br />0.034 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
0.33 cm3.3 mm <br />0.0033 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
adventitious +
pale +  and copper-brown +
basal +  and proximal +
2-keeled +
0.34 cm3.4 mm <br />0.0034 m <br /> (0.98 cm9.8 mm <br />0.0098 m <br />) +
ladder-fibrillose +  and veined +
cylindric +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
ladder-fibrillose +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex sect. Acutae +, Carex sect. Cryptocarpae +  and Carex sect. Temnemis +
Carex crinita var. brevicrinis +
Carex crinita +
variety +
, +  and staminate +
plant +  and cespitose +