familyCyperaceae
genusCarex
sectionCarex sect. Stellulatae
speciesCarex atlantica
subspeciesCarex atlantica subsp. atlantica
Carex atlantica subsp. atlantica
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Carex incomperta E. P. Bicknell
Culms usually 25–110 cm. Leaves usually 1–4 (–4.5) mm wide, widest usually 1.6–4 (–4.5) mm wide. Inflorescences usually (1.5–) 1.8–5.5 cm; spikes 3–8. Perigynia 2.3–3.8 × 1.5–3 mm, 1.1–1.7 times as long as wide; beak usually 0.6–1.25 mm.
Phenology: Fruiting late spring–early summer.
Habitat: Bogs, acidic swamp forests, wet pinelands, wet, acidic soils
Elevation: 0–1300 m
Distribution
N.S., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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deltate;rhombic-orbiculate +
much smaller +
1mm;1.7mm +
basifixed +
beaked +
glabrous +
acute;obtuse +
not fibrous +
clavate +
serrulate +
absent +
inconspicuous +
v--shaped +
sheathless +
leaflike +
(1.5-)2 +
1;many +
2;3 +
glabrous +
brown +
basal +
abundant +
staminate +
few +
unisexual +
Present +
racemose +
pseudoumbel +
modified +
hyaline +
gynecandrous +
absent +
serrulate +
fused +
angled +
distinct +
arranged +
falling +
absent +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
thin +
green +
1.1-1.7 +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
fused +
pistillate +
subtending +
pistillate +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
1893 +
arranged +
adventitious +
fibrous +
1;0;1 +
fertile +
ovatelanceolate;ovate +
membranous +
rugose +
cylindric +
apart +
3;8 +
1-flowered +
distinct +
papillate +
undivided +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex atlantica subsp. atlantica +
Carex atlantica +
subspecies +
gynecandrous +
free +
thin +
spongy +
short-rhizomatous +
perennial +