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|accepted_name=Carex laeviconica
|accepted_authority=Dewey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser.
|place=2, 24: 47. 1857
|year=1857
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Carex;Carex laeviconica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Carex sect. Carex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex laeviconica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 499
|treatment_page=page 500
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>trigonous in cross section, (25–)30–110 cm; vegetative culms hard, solid with parenchyma, taller than fertile culms. <b>Leaves</b>: basal sheaths reddish purple, inner bands fibrillose with age; sheaths with apex of inner band pale to dark brown, translucent between veins, strongly veined, becoming ladder-fibrillose, glabrous, veins scabrous; ligules 2–12(–17) mm; blades 3–6 mm wide, glabrous, not papillose abaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> (9–)15–65 cm; spikes erect or ascending; proximal 2–4 spikes pistillate; terminal 2–5 spikes staminate. <b>Pistillate</b> scales lanceolate to narrowly ovate, apex acute to acuminate, scabrous-awned, otherwise glabrous. <b>Staminate</b> scales lanceolate to narrowly ovate, apex obtuse to acuminate, occasionally with scabrous awn, glabrous. <b>Perigynia</b> 12–26-veined, (4.4–)4.8–8.4 × 1.8–3.3 mm, glabrous or scabrous on veins; beak straight to slightly spreading, 1.7–3.8 mm, glabrous or sparsely scabrous-pubescent, teeth (0.8–)1.1–2.3 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting May–Jul.
|habitat=Openings in bottomland and lowland forests, edges of marshes, lakes, and ponds, wet meadows, wet thickets, mesic to wet prairies and savannas
|elevation=140–600 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Sask.;Ill.;Iowa;Kans.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.Dak.;S.Dak.;Wis.
|discussion=<p><i>Carex laeviconica</i> is characteristic of wetlands in the northern Great Plains and western portions of the tallgrass prairie region.</p><!--
--><p><i>Carex laeviconica</i> hybridizes with <i>C. trichocarpa</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Carex laeviconica
|authority=Dewey
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting May–Jul.
|habitat=Openings in bottomland and lowland forests, edges of marshes, lakes, and ponds, wet meadows, wet thickets, mesic to wet prairies and savannas
|elevation=140–600 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Sask.;Ill.;Iowa;Kans.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.Dak.;S.Dak.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser.
|publication year=1857
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_930.xml
|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Carex
|species=Carex laeviconica
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