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Published In: Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 1(1): 67. 1824. (Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 9/1/2009)
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Project Data     (Last Modified On 7/9/2009)
Status: Native

 

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102. Carex jamesii Schwein.

Pl. 58 o–s; Map 218

Flowering stems 5–30 cm long. Leaf blades 1–35 cm long, 2–3 mm wide, flat. Staminate portion of the spikes 2–10 mm long, linear, with 4–20 flowers, the scales oblong-obovate, wrapped around the axis, truncate and uneven at the tip, brown with a light green base and a tan upper margin. Pistillate portion of the spikes with 2–4 perigynia, the lowermost 1 or 2 scales 15–50 mm long and leaflike, the uppermost reduced, white-margined, and sometimes awned. Perigynia 5–6 mm long, the main body 2.4–2.7 mm long, 2.2–2.5 mm wide, circular to broadly elliptic-obovate in outline. Fruits 2.4–2.7 mm long, circular to elliptic-obovate in outline, circular to obscurely trigonous in cross-section, dark brown to nearly black. 2n=70. April–June.

Scattered throughout the state (northeastern U.S. west to Nebraska and Oklahoma). Bottomland forests, mesic to less commonly dry upland forests, and ledges and bases of mostly dolomite bluffs.

 


 

 
 
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