Carex nigricans

C. A. Meyer

Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 1: 211, plate 7. 1831.

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 530. Mentioned on page 529.

Plants loosely cespitose, mat-forming; rhizomes short, stout. Culms 5–30 cm. Leaves flat to the tip, (1.5–)2–4 mm wide. Pistillate scales reddish brown to black, lanceolate, as broad and as long as or slightly longer than perigynia, margins not hyaline or scarious, apex acute to acuminate. Perigynia ascending to spreading and deflexed at maturity, 3.8–4.1(–5) × 1–1.2 mm; beak dark brown to black, frequently as long as body of perigynium. Stigmas 3. 2n = 72.


Phenology: Fruiting Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Moist meadows, mossy heaths, wet gravels of streams and snowbeds
Elevation: 90–3400 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Alaska, Calif., Colo., Mont., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

The occurrence of Carex nigricans in Russia, although expected, is unconfirmed by specimens, according to T. V. Egorova (1999).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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David F. Murray +
C. A. Meyer +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
90–3400 m +
Moist meadows, mossy heaths, wet gravels of streams and snowbeds +
Fruiting Jul–Aug. +
Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Carex sect. Callistachys +
Carex nigricans +
Carex sect. Dornera +
species +