Carex hyalinolepis

Steudel

Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 235. 1855.

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 493. Mentioned on page 491, 494, 497.

Plants colonial; rhizomes long-creeping. Culms central, coarse, trigonous, 40–110 cm, smooth. Leaves: basal sheaths pale green to brownish or pale-red tinged, base with marescent remains of previous year’s leaves; longest ligules 2–10 (–12) mm, less than 2 times longer than wide; blades glaucous, flat to V-shaped, (4–) 5.5–13 mm wide, glabrous. Inflorescences 15–50 cm; proximal 2–4 spikes pistillate, ascending to arching; distal spikes erect; terminal 3–6 spikes staminate. Pistillate scales lanceolate to ovate, apex obtuse to acute, glabrous, awn 0.9–8.5 mm, scabrous. Perigynia ascending, obscurely 10–15-veined, veins somewhat impressed, narrowly ovoid, (4.5–) 5.5–7.7 × 1.6–3 mm, glabrous; beak obscure, 0.9–1.7 mm, bidentulate, teeth straight, 0.4–0.8 mm.


Phenology: Fruiting Apr–Jul.
Habitat: Swamp forests, river bottoms, shores of streams, ponds and lakes, wet meadows, often in clay soils, seasonally moist sites
Elevation: 0–400 m

Distribution

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Ont., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Md., Mich., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., S.C., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Carex hyalinolepis is abundant in the Mississippi lowlands and often dominant in the understory of open, wet floodplain forests and bottomland meadows. It is a rapid invader of ditches and other disturbed areas. Sometimes extensive stands are seen without fertile culms.

Occasionally, Carex hyalinolepis hybridizes with C. pellita (= C. ×subimpressa Clokey, according to A. A. Reznicek and P. M. Catling 1986), and rarely with C. lacustris. Carex ×subimpressa is sufficiently frequent that it has been treated as a species in some floras. It can form large colonies in suitable sites.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"lengthofbody" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."shortened" is not a number.

... more about "Carex hyalinolepis"
trigonous +
smaller +
obtuse;acute +
A. A. Reznicek +  and Paul M. Catling +
Steudel +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.85 cm8.5 mm <br />0.0085 m <br />) +
pale green;brownish or pale-red tinged +
rounded +
bidentulate +
straight +
emarginate +  and bidentate +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br />) +
glabrous +  and glaucous +
flat +  and v-shaped +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
involute +  and channeled +
red tinged +
trigonous +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (110 cm1,100 mm <br />1.1 m <br />) +
with awn +  and acuminate +
Ont. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
0–400 m +
open +, pistillate +  and staminate +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Swamp forests, river bottoms, shores of streams, ponds and lakes, wet meadows, often in clay soils, seasonally moist sites +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
staminate +, prophyllate +, pedunculate +  and pistillate +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
pubescent;,;glabrous +
septate-nodulose +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
Fruiting Apr–Jul. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
Syn. Pl. Glumac. +
adventitious +
basal +  and proximal +
lanceolate;ovate +
ladder-fibrillose +
shorter or longer +
septate-nodulose +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
staminate +  and pistillate +
ascending +  and arching +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
deciduous +  and persistent +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex hyalinolepis +
Carex sect. Paludosae +
species +
straight +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (0.77 cm7.7 mm <br />0.0077 m <br />) +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
plant +  and colonial +