Carex hirtifolia
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 244. 1910.
Common names: Carex à feuilles poilues
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Carex pubescens Muhlenberg ex Willdenow Sp. Pl. 4(1): 281. 1805,
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Culms 25–60 cm, scabrous distally, pilose. Leaf-blades to 4–8 mm wide. Spikes: lateral spikes in distal 1/2 of stem, 5–17 (–22) × 4–6 mm; terminal spikes 8–20 × 1.8–3 mm. Pistillate scales 3-veined, obovate-circular, 3–5 × 1.2–2.5 mm, apex acuminate, proximal scale almost as long as perigynia, with awn 0.5–2 mm. Perigynia 3.5–5 × 1.5–1.8 mm. Achenes sessile, 2.5–2.8 × 1.2–1.5 mm. 2n = 50.
Phenology: Fruiting late spring–early summer.
Habitat: Thickets, lowland forests, forested slopes
Elevation: 0–1000 m
Distribution
N.B., N.S., Ont., Que., Conn., Del., D.C., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., N.H., N.J., Ohio, Pa., R.I., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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sessile +
trigonous +
1.2mm;1.5mm +
more prominent +
pilose +
basifixed +
contracted +
pilose +
acuminate +
not fibrous +
rounded +
bidentate +
absent +
m--shaped +
leaflike +
1;many +
2;3 +
Carex à feuilles poilues +
redbrown +
pilose +
scabrous +
basal +
abundant +
single +
unisexual +
Present +
racemose +
pseudoumbel +
modified +
more prominent +
4mm;8mm +
absent +
fused +
strong +
distinct +
arranged +
falling +
absent +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
thin +
ascending +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
fused +
pistillate +
subtending +
sheathless +
pistillate +
glabrous +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
1910 +
arranged +
adventitious +
fibrous +
obovate-circular +
1;0;1 +
fertile +
2-keeled +
membranous +
cylindric +
arranged +
2;5 +
1-flowered +
distinct +
papillate +
undivided +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex hirtifolia +
Carex sect. Hirtifoliae +
species +
staminate +
8mm;20mm +
free +
thin +
short-rhizomatous +
perennial +