Carex crinita var. crinita

Common names: Carex crépu
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Carex crinita var. minor J. Carey Carex crinita var. morbida Carex leonura
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 386. Mentioned on page 387.

Culms 40–135 cm, scabrous. Leaf-blades 14–50 cm × 3.3–10.3 mm. Inflorescences: peduncle of pistillate spike 1.4–6.9 cm; proximal bract 3.7–10.9 mm wide; pistillate spikes 2–5; the proximal 3.5–11.5 cm × 4.2–6.8 mm. Pistillate scales (including awn) 3.4–11.2 mm. Perigynia divergent to ascending, ellipsoid to obovoid, 1.8–3.7 × 1.2–2.5 mm, apex rounded or obtuse; beak 0.1–0.3 mm. Achenes variously constricted. 2n = 66, 68.


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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Man., N.B., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Carex crinita var. crinita is sympatric and often syntopic with C. gynandra over a significant portion of its distribution; hybridization between the two taxa has been observed. Carex crinita var. paleacea (Wahlenberg) Dewey is a misapplication of the epithet to long-awned extremes of C. crinita var. crinita.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

biconvex +
constricted +
, +  and papillose +
obtuse;rounded +
Lisa A. Standley +, Jacques Cayouette +  and Leo Bruederle +
Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al. +
not +  and fibrous +
attenuate +  and cuneate +
bidentate +  and emarginate +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-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 +
Carex crépu +
redbrown +  and brown +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (135 cm1,350 mm <br />1.35 m <br />) +
prophyllate +, subsessile +, pedunculate +  and staminate +
Man. +, N.B. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
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 +
14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
3.3mm;10.3mm +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
aristate +  and retuse +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (6.9 cm69 mm <br />0.069 m <br />) +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
stipitate +, sessile +, veinless +  and veined +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.37 cm3.7 mm <br />0.0037 m <br />) +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Fruiting Jun–Aug. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
short-sheathing +, sheathless +  and leaflike +
0.37 cm3.7 mm <br />0.0037 m <br /> (1.09 cm10.9 mm <br />0.0109 m <br />) +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (11.5 cm115 mm <br />0.115 m <br />) +
0.42 cm4.2 mm <br />0.0042 m <br /> (0.68 cm6.8 mm <br />0.0068 m <br />) +
in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. +
adventitious +
pale +  and copper-brown +
basal +  and proximal +
2-keeled +
0.34 cm3.4 mm <br />0.0034 m <br /> (1.12 cm11.2 mm <br />0.0112 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 crinita var. minor +, Carex crinita var. morbida +  and Carex leonura +
Carex crinita var. crinita +
Carex crinita +
variety +
, +  and staminate +
plant +  and cespitose +