Carex trisperma

Dewey

Amer. J. Sci. Arts 9: 63, plate C, fig. 12. 1825.

Common names: Carex trisperme
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Carex trisperma var. billingsii O. W. Knight
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 313. Mentioned on page 312, 314.

Plants loosely cespitose, often in large clumps; rhizomes slender, long. Culms arching, weak, 20–70 cm. Leaves: sheaths pale-brown abaxially, inner band tight, thin, hyaline, truncate at summit; ligules as wide as long; blades green, flat or channeled, 5–20 cm × 0.25–2 mm. Inflorescences nodding, 5–10 cm × 3–4 mm; proximal bracts bristlelike, 3–10 cm, exceeding inflorescences. Spikes 1–3, remote, 2–4 cm apart, containing 1–5 perigynia, ovoid, 4–6 × 3–4 mm. Pistillate scales whitish with green, 3-veined center, ovate, subequal to perigynia, apex acute (mucronate). Perigynia ascending, pale green or brownish in age, finely many-veined, ovate-elliptic, 2.5–3.7 × 1.5–2 mm, subcoriaceous; beak entire or with few small teeth. Achenes brown, elliptic-oblong, 1.75–2 × 1.25 (–1.5) mm, glossy. 2n = 60.


Phenology: Fruiting Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Mires, especially sphagnum bogs, wet woods, lowlands
Elevation: 0–1300 m

Distribution

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Greenland, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Conn., Del., Ill., Ind., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., R.I., Vt., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Carex trisperma var. billingsii is a reduced type, distinguished by its narrow leaf-blades (0.3–0.5 mm) and fewer (1–2) perigynia per spike than typical. It is known, at least, from Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

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0.125 cm1.25 mm <br />0.00125 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
0.175 cm1.75 mm <br />0.00175 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
elliptic-oblong +
smaller +
beaked +  and beakless +
papillose +  and smooth +
Heikki Toivonen +
truncate +  and rounded +
with few small teeth +  and entire +
inconspicuous +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
channeled +  and flat +
0.025 cm0.25 mm <br />2.5e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
subequal +
Carex trisperme +
round +  and trigonous +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
Greenland +, St. Pierre and Miquelon +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Vt. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
0–1300 m +
open +, pistillate +  and staminate +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Mires, especially sphagnum bogs, wet woods, lowlands +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
sessile +  and pistillate +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
angled;rounded +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
brownish +  and pale green +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.37 cm3.7 mm <br />0.0037 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
subcoriaceous +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Fruiting Jun–Aug. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Amer. J. Sci. Arts +
adventitious +
whitish with green +
basal +  and proximal +
2-keeled +
cylindric +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex trisperma var. billingsii +
Carex trisperma +
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species +
plant +  and cespitose +