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Carex podocarpa

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Name

Identification
Carex podocarpa R.Br. ex Richardson [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Carex microchaeta
  • Carex sp.
  • Carex podocarpa

Flora

Entry for Carex paysonis Clokey [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 23,
Names
Carex paysonis Clokey [family CYPERACEAE], Amer. J. Sci., 203: 89, plate 2, figs. 7–12. 1922
Carex podocarpa R. Brown var. paysonis (Clokey) B. Boivin [family CYPERACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Peter W. Ball
A. A. Reznicek
Information
Culms 15–50 cm. Leaves basal; proximal leaves with blades 3–6 mm wide. Inflorescences: spikes separate, elongate, 5–25 × 4–6 mm; proximal spike often pendent, long-pedunculate; lateral spikes 2–4; distal spikes erect, short-pedunculate. Pistillate scales light brown or reddish black, margins occasionally hyaline, midvein not or, occasionally, prominent, same color as body, inconspicuous or lighter colored, and conspicuous, lanceolate, apex acute or short-mucronate, shorter or longer than and narrower than perigynia. Perigynia proximally pale yellow, distally purple-black, veined, broadly ovate or obovate to circular, 3.5–4 × 1.5–1.75 mm, smooth; beak 0.3–0.5 mm, smooth.
Phenology Fruiting
may
spring
jun
summer
jul
aug
sep
fall
Altitude range
2100–3500 m;
Distribution
USA IdahoUSA Mont.USA Oreg.USA UtahUSA Wyo.Canada Alta.Canada B.C.
Discussion
Some specimens of Carex paysonis in Glacier County, Montana, show transitions to C. spectabilis. The names C. podocarpa and C. tolmiei have been misapplied to specimens of C. paysonis.

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