Carex subfusca

W. Boott in S. Watson

in S. Watson, Bot. California 2: 234. 1880.

Illustrated
Synonyms: Carex teneriformis Mackenzie
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 349. Mentioned on page 332, 343, 344, 345, 346.

Plants densely cespitose. Culms 20–104 cm. Leaves: sheath white-hyaline, summits usually U-shaped, sometimes rounded and prolonged to 3 mm beyond collar; distal ligules 1–3 (–6) mm; blades 3–5 (–8) per fertile culm, 6–45 cm × 1.2–3 (–3.7) mm. Inflorescences open or dense, green to brown, 1.1–3 cm × 5.4–16.3 mm, appearing fine-textured; proximal internode (1.5–) 2.5–9.5 mm; 2d internode 1–3 (–6) mm; proximal bracts scalelike or bristlelike shorter than inflorescences. Spikes 4–11 (–14), densely or loosely aggregated, broadly ovoid to ovoid, 5–11 × 2.7–7.1 mm, base rounded or acute, apex usually rounded. Pistillate scales usually white-hyaline or hyaline gold, occasionally chestnut to dark-brown, with pale to green midstripe, ovate to broad-ovate, 2.1–3.5 (–3.9) mm, shorter than or ± covering perigynia, margin white, 0–0.2 mm wide, apex obtuse to acuminate. Perigynia ascending to spreading, green, straw colored to light-brown, or whitish, conspicuously (0–) 2–8 (–11) -veined abaxially, conspicuously 0–6-veined adaxially, veins thick, reaching, not extending beyong top of achene, lanceovate to ovate, planoconvex, 2.4–4 (–4.3) × 0.9–1.9 mm, 0.4–0.5 (–0.6) mm thick, 2.1–2.7 times as long as wide, margin flat, including wing 0.15–0.3 (–0.45) mm wide, ciliate-serrulate at least on distal body; beak green, gold, brown or white-hyaline at tip, flat, ± ciliate-serrulate or cylindric, unwinged, ± entire for 0.4–0.7 mm, abaxial suture usually inconspicuous, distance from beak tip to achene 1.2–2 mm. Achenes elliptic to quadrate, 1–1.6 × 0.7–1.25 mm, (0.3–) 0.4–0.5 (–0.6) mm thick. 2n = 84.


Phenology: Fruiting summer.
Habitat: Seasonally moist mountain meadows, along watercourses
Elevation: 100–3500 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Idaho, Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Mexico (Baja California), Pacific Islands (Hawaii)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Carex subfusca"
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
elliptic;quadrate +
smaller +
0.4mm +  and 0.5mm +
bidentatate +
papillose +
obtuse;acuminate +
Joy Mastrogiuseppe +, Paul E. Rothrock +, A. C. Dibble +  and A. A. Reznicek +
W. Boott in S. Watson +
persistent +
acute +  and rounded +
not enlarged +
White-hyaline (?) +, Brown (?) +, Gold (?) +  and Green (?) +
cylindric +, ciliate-serrulate +  and flat +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.37 cm3.7 mm <br />0.0037 m <br />) +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +
3 +  and 5 +
v--shaped +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
round +  and trigonous +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (104 cm1,040 mm <br />1.04 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Idaho +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +, Mexico (Baja California) +  and Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +
100–3500 m +
open +, pistillate +  and staminate +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Seasonally moist mountain meadows, along watercourses +
green +  and brown +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
0.54 cm5.4 mm <br />0.0054 m <br /> (1.63 cm16.3 mm <br />0.0163 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
not prophyllate +, sessile +  and pistillate +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
0.15mm +  and 0.3mm +
pale +  and green +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
0-6-veined +  and (0-)2-8(-11)-veined +
straw colored +  and light-brown or whitish +
ascending +  and spreading +
Fruiting summer. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.95 cm9.5 mm <br />0.0095 m <br />) +
in S. Watson, Bot. California +
adventitious +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.39 cm3.9 mm <br />0.0039 m <br />) +
hyaline gold occasionally chestnut +  and dark-brown +
basal +  and proximal +
ovate;broad-ovate +
0.21 cm2.1 mm <br />0.0021 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
herbaceous +  and membranous +
not differentiated +
cylindric +
Illustrated +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
broadly ovoid;ovoid +
0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br /> (0.71 cm7.1 mm <br />0.0071 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
deciduous +  and persistent +
2-3(-4)-fid +
prolonged +
rounded +  and u--shaped +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Carex teneriformis +
Carex subfusca +
Carex sect. Ovales +
species +
planoconvex;lanceovate;ovate +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
plant +  and cespitose +