Carex cordillerana

Saarela & B. A. Ford

Syst. Bot. 26: 715, figs. 1C, 2C, 3C, 4C, 8. 2001.

Common names: Cordilleran sedge
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 562. Mentioned on page 559, 560.

Culms 6.8–40 cm. Leaves: basal sheaths pale to medium brown; blades dull green to yellowish green, exceeding culms, 1.5–5.9 mm wide, widest ones 2–5.5 mm wide, herbaceous, margins green, papillose. Lateral spikes 0–3, basal, on erect peduncles. Terminal spikes with staminate portion 2–3-flowered, 1.7–2.6 × 0.4–0.9 mm; pistillate portion 3–5-flowered. Pistillate scales yellowish green to dull olive green, margins green, 2.5–3 mm wide, essentially concealing perigynia, apex acute; distal scales ovate, apex acute. Staminate scales white or green, often with reddish brown tinge, margins connate, sometimes for entire length, enfolding scales above, apex obtuse. Anthers 0.9–1.4 mm. Perigynia yellowish green to dull olive green, obovoid, 3.9–5.4 × 1.6–2.5 mm, tightly enveloping achenes, apex abruptly tapered; beak 0.5–1.6 mm, smooth. Stigmas clavate, erect, minutely papillose. Achenes brown, obpyriform, 2.8–3.5 × 1.5–2.4 mm.


Phenology: Fruiting spring–summer (late May–late Jul).
Habitat: Naturally disturbed, rocky slopes with organic layer and leaf litter in mesic mixed forests, or disturbed, open, grassy slopes
Elevation: 500–2400 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Carex cordillerana"
William J. Crins +, Robert F. C. Naczi +, A. A. Reznicek +  and Bruce A. Ford +
Saarela & B. A. Ford +
Cordilleran sedge +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
500–2400 m +
Naturally disturbed, rocky slopes with organic layer and leaf litter in mesic mixed forests, or disturbed, open, grassy slopes +
Fruiting spring–summer (late May–late Jul). +
Carex cordillerana +
Carex sect. Phyllostachyae +
species +