Carex folliculata

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 2: 978. 1753.

Common names: Carex folliculé
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 516. Mentioned on page 515, 517.

Culms obtusely trigonous in cross-section, (25–) 40–175 cm, smooth. Leaves: ligules 2.5–10 mm, as wide as long to wider than long; blades yellowish green to light green, M-shaped to flat, 6–18 (–21) mm wide, smooth or sometimes finely papillose and scabrous adaxially, especially distally; widest leaves of vegetative shoots 8–18 (–21) mm wide. Inflorescences 15–85 cm; bract sheaths prolonged, apex truncate to convex; proximal 3–5 spikes pistillate (occasionally a few empty scales at apex), erect or the proximal nodding, ovoid to short cylindric. Pistillate scales lanceolate to narrowly ovate, mostly 2/3 as long as to exceeding perigynia, apex acuminate-awned. Anthers 3–5 mm. Perigynia ascending to spreading, yellowish green, 18–26-veined, slightly inflated, lanceolate, 10.3–15.6 × 1.8–3.3 mm, 4–7 times as long as wide, apex gradually tapered, bidentulate; beak absent. Achenes (3.2–) 3.4–4 (–4.5) × 1.5–2.3 mm, (1.7–) 1.8–2.4 times as long as wide. 2n = 56.


Phenology: Fruiting late spring–summer.
Habitat: Wet forests, bogs, seeps, wet meadows, marsh edges, stream banks, lakeshores, in acidic, sandy, or peaty soils
Elevation: 0–1800 m

Distribution

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St. Pierre and Miquelon, N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ind., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

South of central Virginia, Carex folliculata occurs only in the Appalachian mountains. Clumps of C. folliculata are striking because of the very broad, yellowish green leaf blades of their vegetative shoots.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

... more about "Carex folliculata"
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
(1.7-)1.8-2.4 +
0.34 cm3.4 mm <br />0.0034 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
trigonous;ovoid;oblong-ovoid +
smaller +
1.5mm;2.3mm +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
bidentulate +
tapered;truncate;convex +
A. A. Reznicek +
Linnaeus +
not +  and fibrous +
round-tapering +
bidentate +
yellowish green +  and light green +
papillose +
m-shaped +  and flat +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
Carex folliculé +
brown +  and yellowish +
trigonous +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (175 cm1,750 mm <br />1.75 m <br />) +
prophyllate +  and pedunculate +
St. Pierre and Miquelon +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Ind. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
0–1800 m +
open +, pistillate +  and staminate +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Wet forests, bogs, seeps, wet meadows, marsh edges, stream banks, lakeshores, in acidic, sandy, or peaty soils +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (85 cm850 mm <br />0.85 m <br />) +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
as-wide-as long to wider than long +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
yellowish green +
1.03 cm10.3 mm <br />0.0103 m <br /> (1.56 cm15.6 mm <br />0.0156 m <br />) +
ascending +  and spreading +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.33 cm3.3 mm <br />0.0033 m <br />) +
Fruiting late spring–summer. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
sheathing +  and leaflike +
ovoid +  and short cylindric +
adventitious +
basal +  and proximal +
lanceolate;narrowly ovate +
cylindric +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
persistent +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex sect. Folliculatae +
Carex folliculata +
Carex sect. Rostrales +
species +
purple +  and red +
plant +  and cespitose +
8mm +  and 18mm +