Carex garberi

Fernald

Rhodora 37: 253. 1935.

Common names: Carex de Garber
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Carex aurea var. androgyna Olney in S. Watson, Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 371. 1871,
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 426. Mentioned on page 424, 425.

Culms 5–40 cm. Leaves: blades 5–15 (–25) cm × 1–2.5 (–3.5) mm. Inflorescences: proximal bracts leaflike, exceeding inflorescences, sheaths to 10 mm; lateral spikes with 9–30 perigynia, approximate or proximal distant, dense, 7–15 × 3–5 mm; middle internodes 0.3–0.7 mm; terminal spike usually gynecandrous, with at least 1/3 of flowers staminate, rarely entirely staminate, sessile or short-pedunculate, 6–15 (–20) mm, (1.2–) 1.5–2.5 mm wide in staminate portion. Pistillate scales ascending, medium to dark-brown with paler midvein and hyaline margins, ovate-circular, 1.7–2.7 × 1–1.9 mm, apex obtuse to acute, sometimes shortly mucronate. Staminate scales brown with paler midvein and hyaline margins, oblongovate, (2–) 2.5–3.7 mm, apex obtuse to acute. Perigynia ascending, white, elliptic-obovate, 2–3 × 1.2–1.8 mm, densely papillose. Achenes elliptic-circular, 1.4–2 × 1–1.5 mm.


Phenology: Fruiting summer.
Habitat: Moist shores, meadows, fens, on base-rich soils
Elevation: 0–1500 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., N.W.T., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Calif., Ind., Maine, Mich., Minn., N.H., N.Y., N.Dak., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wis., Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

... more about "Carex garberi"
0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
biconvex +
smaller +
1mm;1.5mm +
shortbeaked +  and beakless +
papillose +
obtuse;acute +
Peter W. Ball +
Fernald +
tapering +  and rounded +
Carex aurea var. androgyna +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
v--shaped +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
sheathless +  and sheathing +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
Carex de Garber +
round +  and trigonous +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Ind. +, Maine +, Mich. +, Minn. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Wash. +, Wis. +  and Wyo. +
0–1500 m +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Moist shores, meadows, fens, on base-rich soils +
prophyllate +, pedunculate +  and pistillate +
not much longer than wide +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
stipitate +  and veined +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
Fruiting summer. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
papillose +
adventitious +
staminate +  and pistillate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
brown +  and dark-brown +
basal +  and proximal +
2-keeled +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.37 cm3.7 mm <br />0.0037 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br />) +
cylindric +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex garberi +
Carex sect. Bicolores +
species +
short-pedunculate +, sessile +  and staminate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
plant +  and cespitose +