Carex atlantica subsp. atlantica

IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Carex incomperta E. P. Bicknell
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 329. Mentioned on page 328.
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Culms usually 25–110 cm. Leaves usually 1–4 (–4.5) mm wide, widest usually 1.6–4 (–4.5) mm wide. Inflorescences usually (1.5–) 1.8–5.5 cm; spikes 3–8. Perigynia 2.3–3.8 × 1.5–3 mm, 1.1–1.7 times as long as wide; beak usually 0.6–1.25 mm.


Phenology: Fruiting late spring–early summer.
Habitat: Bogs, acidic swamp forests, wet pinelands, wet, acidic soils
Elevation: 0–1300 m

Distribution

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N.S., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br />) +
deltate;rhombic-orbiculate +
much smaller +
1mm;1.7mm +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
acute;obtuse +
A. A. Reznicek +
L. H. Bailey +
white-hyaline +, hyaline +  and narrow +
clavate +
Carex stellulata var. conferta +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.125 cm1.25 mm <br />0.00125 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
inconspicuous +
v--shaped +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
round +  and trigonous +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (110 cm1,100 mm <br />1.1 m <br />) +
N.S. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
0–1300 m +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Bogs, acidic swamp forests, wet pinelands, wet, acidic soils +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br />) +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (24 cm240 mm <br />0.24 m <br />) +
sessile +  and pistillate +
0.31 cm3.1 mm <br />0.0031 m <br /> (1.31 cm13.1 mm <br />0.0131 m <br />) +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
rounded +  and obtuse +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.37 cm3.7 mm <br />0.0037 m <br />) +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
(0-)1-12-veined +  and 6-13-veined +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.21 cm2.1 mm <br />0.0021 m <br />) +
0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br /> (0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br />) +
spreading +  and reflexed +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Fruiting late spring–early summer. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
4-38-flowered +, pistillate +, 2-21-flowered +, staminate +, 3-40-flowered +  and 10-flowered +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.44 cm4.4 mm <br />0.0044 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
adventitious +
staminate +  and pistillate +
basal +  and proximal +
ovatelanceolate;ovate +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
cylindric +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex incomperta +
Carex atlantica subsp. atlantica +
Carex atlantica +
subspecies +
staminate +  and pistillate +
0.48 cm4.8 mm <br />0.0048 m <br /> (2.37 cm23.7 mm <br />0.0237 m <br />) +
0.015 cm0.15 mm <br />1.5e-4 m <br /> (0.045 cm0.45 mm <br />4.5e-4 m <br />) +
plant +  and cespitose +
0.8mm +  and 4mm +