Carex baileyi

Britton

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 220. 1895.

Common names: Carex de Bailey
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Carex tentaculata var. gracilis Boott Ill. Carex, 94. 1860,
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 509. Mentioned on page 502, 508.
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Plants densely to loosely cespitose; rhizomes short, no more than 10 cm. Culms sharply trigonous in cross-section, 20–65 cm, scabrous-angled distally. Leaves: basal sheaths reddish purple; ligules as long as to longer than wide; blades dark green, flat to W-shaped, widest leaves 2.4–4 (–5) mm wide, glabrous. Inflorescences 3–16 (–22) cm; proximal bract 12–40 (–55) cm, greatly exceeding inflorescence; proximal 1–2 (–3) spikes pistillate, proximal spreading to pendent, the distal erect, 9–14 (–15) mm thick, 2.5–3.5 times as long as wide; terminal 1 spike staminate. Pistillate scales narrowly oblong, 2.9–9.8 × 0.3–0.9 mm, as long as or shorter than perigynia, margins often ciliate, apex truncate to retuse, erose and prolonged into a scabrous awn. Staminate scales scabrous-awned, sometimes ciliate-margined. Perigynia ascending to spreading, strongly 5–9-veined, veins separate nearly to beak apex, broadly ovate to nearly orbiculate, 4.8–6.5 (–7.6) × 1.8–2.7 mm, apex abruptly contracted; beak 2.2–4 mm, 0.7–1.3 length of body, bidentulate, smooth, teeth straight, 0.1–0.6 mm. Stigmas 3. Achenes brown, trigonous, papillose.


Phenology: Fruiting Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Sandy, peaty, or gravelly pond, lake, and stream shores, sedge meadows, open swamps, seeps, ditches, usually in acidic soils
Elevation: 200–1200 m

Distribution

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Que., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., N.H., N.Y., N.C., Pa., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Carex baileyi, a taxon confined to the Appalachian Mountain region, is very similar in appearance to C. lurida; however, it is more delicate with narrower leaves and spikes and has proportionally longer and more abruptly beaked perigynia.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

... more about "Carex baileyi"
papillose +
trigonous +
awned +  and awnless +
prolonged +
not papillose +
truncate;retuse +
A. A. Reznicek +  and Bruce A. Ford +
Britton +
not +  and fibrous +
truncate +  and rounded +
Carex tentaculata var. gracilis +
0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br /> (0.76 cm7.6 mm <br />0.0076 m <br />) +
0.48 cm4.8 mm <br />0.0048 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br />) +
bidentulate +
emarginate +  and bidentate +
0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
flat +  and w-shaped +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
Carex de Bailey +
brown +, reddish-brown +  and reddish purple +
scabrous-angled +  and trigonous +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (65 cm650 mm <br />0.65 m <br />) +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
Que. +, Ky. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Pa. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
200–1200 m +
open +, pistillate +  and staminate +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Sandy, peaty, or gravelly pond, lake, and stream shores, sedge meadows, open swamps, seeps, ditches, usually in acidic soils +
16 cm160 mm <br />0.16 m <br /> (22 cm220 mm <br />0.22 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (16 cm160 mm <br />0.16 m <br />) +
prophyllate +, pedunculate +  and pistillate +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
longer than wide +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
ascending +  and spreading +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Fruiting Jun–Aug. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
short-sheathed +, sheathless +  and leaflike +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (55 cm550 mm <br />0.55 m <br />) +
spreading;pendent +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
adventitious +
ciliate-margined +, staminate +  and pistillate +
green +  and dark-brown +
basal +  and proximal +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br />) +
septate-nodulose +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
staminate +  and pistillate +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
persistent +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex baileyi +
Carex sect. Vesicariae +
species +
straight +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
plant +  and cespitose +
2.4mm +  and 4mm +