Carex deflexa var. deflexa

Common names: Carex déprimé
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Carex deflexa var. deanii
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 535. Mentioned on page 536.

Culms usually smooth or weakly scabrous distally. staminate spikes 3.1–5.7 × 0.7–1.1 mm. 2n = 20–24, 30, 36.


Phenology: Fruiting mid May–late Aug.
Habitat: Moist to dry, open or shaded, mixed and coniferous woodlands, talus slopes, ridges, rock outcrops, burns, clearings, fields, banks, snowbeds
Elevation: 20–1700 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., Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Conn., Maine, Mass., Mich., N.H., N.Y., Vt., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Plants recently discovered in the southern Appalachian Mountains (Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia) have staminate spikes similar to those of Carex deflexa var. boottii, averaging larger than those of var. deflexa. They also tend to produce basal spikes more consistently than do the northern plants.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

36 +, 30 +, 20 +  and 24 +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br />) +
trigonous;obovoid +
1mm;1.4mm +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
beaked +, awned +  and cuspidate +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
acute;acuminate +
reddish-brown tinge +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br />) +
William J. Crins +  and Jeff H. Rettig +
Hornemann +
rounded +  and tapering +
straight +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br />) +
v--shaped +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
separated +  and overlapping +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Carex déprimé +
brown +  and red +
arching +  and spreading +
round +  and trigonous +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (31 cm310 mm <br />0.31 m <br />) +
Greenland +, St. Pierre and Miquelon +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Conn. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, Vt. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
20–1700 m +
open +, pistillate +  and staminate +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Moist to dry, open or shaded, mixed and coniferous woodlands, talus slopes, ridges, rock outcrops, burns, clearings, fields, banks, snowbeds +
prophyllate +, pedunculate +, staminate +, , +  and pistillate +
shorter to longer +
0.9mm;2.6mm +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
narrow to broad +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
yellowish green +  and grayish green +
0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br /> (0.31 cm3.1 mm <br />0.0031 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
Fruiting mid May–late Aug. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
scale-like +  and filiform +
exceeding inflorescences +  and equaling +
Fors. Oecon. Plantel. ed. +
purplish brown +  and reddish-brown +
spreading +  and erect +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
adventitious +
staminate +  and pistillate +
pale +  and dark reddish-brown +
basal +  and proximal +
ovate;ovate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br />) +
cylindric +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
0.31 cm3.1 mm <br />0.0031 m <br /> (0.57 cm5.7 mm <br />0.0057 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex deflexa var. deanii +
Carex deflexa var. deflexa +
Carex deflexa +
variety +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
plant +  and cespitose +