Carex communis var. amplisquama
Novon 6: 117. 1996.
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Carex amplisquama F. J. Hermann Rhodora 57: 158. 1955
Pistillate scales 3.4–4.8 × 1.4–1.8 mm, apex usually awned, exceeding perigynia. Perigynia 2.7–3.7 × 1.2–1.7 mm; beak 0.5–1.1 mm, apical teeth 0.1–0.5 mm.
Phenology: Fruiting late Apr–mid May.
Habitat: Moist, wooded slopes, clearing edges, in deep rich soils, in partial shade of hardwood forests
Elevation: 200–1500 m
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pale-brown +
globose;obovoid round +
1mm;1.4mm +
more prominent +
basifixed +
obtuse;acuminate or short-aristate +
fibrous +
not fibrous +
ciliate-serrulate +
straight +
bent +
longer +
absent +
glabrous +
v--shaped +
leaflike +
1;many +
2;3 +
separated +
shorter +
scabrous +
basal +
abundant +
single +
unisexual +
Moist, wooded slopes, clearing edges, in deep rich soils, in partial shade of hardwood forests +
Present +
pistillate +
racemose +
pseudoumbel +
modified +
basal +
gynecandrous +
green +
1.8mm;5mm +
absent +
white +
fused +
broad +
strong +
more prominent +
distinct +
arranged +
falling +
absent +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
thin +
veinless +
pale green +
ascending +
exceeding +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
fused +
pistillate +
subtending +
sheathless +
usually shorter +
Novon +
1996 +
arranged +
ascending +
absent +
adventitious +
fibrous +
pistillate +
shorter +
1;0;1 +
fertile +
elliptic;obovate +
membranous +
cylindric +
arranged +
2;3 +
1-flowered +
distinct +
papillate +
undivided +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex communis var. amplisquama +
Carex communis +
variety +
staminate +
free +
thin +
perennial +
short to long +
herbaceous +