Difference between revisions of "Carex saximontana"

Mackenzie

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 439. 1906.

Common names: Rocky Mountain sedge
Synonyms: Carex backii var. saximontana (Mackenzie) B. Boivin Carex backii var. subrostrata (Bates) Dorn Carex durifolia var. subrostrata Bates
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Revision as of 21:04, 16 December 2019

Culms 2.5–34 cm. Leaves: basal sheaths pale to medium brown; blades dark green to greenish glaucous, 1.9–4.9 mm wide, longer than stems, coriaceous, margins white-hyaline, smooth or scabrous. Lateral spikes 0–2, basal, on erect peduncles. Terminal spikes with staminate portion 2–3-flowered, 1.6–3.4 × 0.5–1.6 mm; pistillate portion 2–6-flowered. Pistillate scales green; proximal scales with margins 2.4–4.6 mm wide, essentially concealing perigynia, apex acute; distal scales lanceolate to ovate, apex awned to acute. Staminate scales green or white, ovate to oblong, 1.5–3 × 1–1.6 mm, margins connate near base or for entire length, enfolding scales above, white or with brown subapical band, apex obtuse. Anthers 1–1.5 mm. Perigynia pale green, obovoid, 3.2–4.9 × 1.6–2.5 mm, tightly enveloping achenes, apex abruptly tapered, papillose on distal 1/3; beak 0.6–1.2 mm, scabrous. Stigmas clavate, erect, short, thick, minutely papillose. Achenes pale to dark brown, obpyriform, 2.5–3 × 1.6–2.4 mm. 2n = 64.


Phenology: Fruiting spring–summer (late May–mid Jul).
Habitat: Moist to dry, open prairies, pine, and deciduous woodlands, on ridges and slopes
Elevation: 200–2100 m

Distribution

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Man., Ont., Sask., Colo., Minn., Mont., Nebr., N.Dak., S.Dak., Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Carex saximontana"
William J. Crins +, Robert F. C. Naczi +, A. A. Reznicek +  and Bruce A. Ford +
Mackenzie +
Rocky Mountain sedge +
Man. +, Ont. +, Sask. +, Colo. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, N.Dak. +, S.Dak. +  and Wyo. +
200–2100 m +
Moist to dry, open prairies, pine, and deciduous woodlands, on ridges and slopes +
Fruiting spring–summer (late May–mid Jul). +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
Carex backii var. saximontana +, Carex backii var. subrostrata +  and Carex durifolia var. subrostrata +
Carex saximontana +
Carex sect. Phyllostachyae +
species +