Carex arctata

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Carex arctata
Carex arctata 26 June 2018.jpg
In Ontario, Canada
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Section:
Species:
C. arctata
Binomial name
Carex arctata
Synonyms[1]
  • Carex arctata var. faxonii L.H.Bailey
  • Carex sylvatica Dewey

Carex arctata, known as drooping woodland sedge, is a species of sedge native to eastern North America.[2] It is sometimes called black sedge, compressed sedge, or drooping wood sedge.[3] It occurs from Manitoba to the eastern seaboard in Canada, south to northwestern North Carolina, and west to Minnesota.[1][4] Carex arctata grows in bogs, hardwood forests, and spruce forests.[4]

Taxonomy[]

Carex arctata part of the section .[3] It was first formally named by Francis Boott in 1839.[5]

Carex arctata and Carex castanea (chestnut sedge, also in C. sect. Hymenochlaenae) form a hybrid known as Carex × knieskernii (Knieskern's sedge).[3][6]

Conservation[]

It is endangered in several states: Indiana, Ohio, and New Jersey.[2]

  • Close-up of pistillate spikelets

  • Culms are dark maroon at the base

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Carex arctata Boott". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Carex arctata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Brouillet L, Desmet P, Coursol F, Meades SJ, Favreau M, Anions M, Bélisle P, Gendreau C, Shorthouse D, and contributors (2010+). "Carex arctata". data.canadensys.net. Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN). Retrieved 13 June 2020.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. ^ a b Weakley, Alan S. (2018), Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, working draft of 20 August 2018, University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  5. ^ "Carex arctata Boott". The Plant List. 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  6. ^ Brouillet L, Desmet P, Coursol F, Meades SJ, Favreau M, Anions M, Bélisle P, Gendreau C, Shorthouse D, and contributors (2010+). "Carex castanea". data.canadensys.net. Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN). Retrieved 13 June 2020.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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