Carex digitalis var. digitalis
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 445.
Widest leaf 2.7–4.5 (–5.3) mm wide. Inflorescence: longest peduncle of staminate spike 0.9–7.2 (–11.4) cm; terminal spike usually surpassed by bract blade of distal lateral spike. Peryginia (8–) 11–15-veined, 2.5–3.3 mm, apex barely excurved. 2n = 48.
Phenology: Fruiting spring–early summer.
Habitat: Mesic to dry-mesic, deciduous or mixed deciduous-evergreen forests, mixed soils
Elevation: 0–1000 m
Distribution
N.S., Ont., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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obovoid +
smaller +
1mm;1.6mm +
more prominent +
basifixed +
glabrous +
excurved +
light-brown;white +
not fibrous +
truncate +
tapering +
tapering +
green +
shorter +
0.5-1.3(-1.8) times as tall as tallest flowering culm +
absent +
m--shaped +
leaflike +
1;many +
2;3 +
bladeless +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
0.5mm;1mm +
basal +
abundant +
staminate +
unisexual +
Present +
racemose +
pseudoumbel +
modified +
more prominent +
basal +
glabrous +
absent +
fused +
green +
distinct +
arranged +
falling +
absent +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
thin +
veined +
maturity +
ascending +
fitting +
(8-)11-15-veined +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
fused +
pistillate +
subtending +
long-sheathing +
pistillate +
short to long +
Sp. Pl. +
1805 +
arranged +
adventitious +
fibrous +
1;0;1 +
fertile +
oblong;keeled +
membranous +
cylindric +
vegetative +
staminate +
scattered +
basal +
1;4 +
linear;linear-clavate +
1-flowered +
distinct +
papillate +
undivided +
deciduous +
ascending +
2-3(-4)-fid +
slender +
Carex digitalis var. digitalis +
Carex digitalis +
variety +
staminate +
free +
thin +
short-rhizomatous +
perennial +