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Nearlyblack Sedge

Carex subnigricans Stacey

Description

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Rhizomes 1–1.5 mm thick. Culms 5–20 cm, 2–2.5 mm thick at base. Leaves: sheaths to 13 cm, fronts uniformly colorless or pale brown; blades with inconspicuous median groove, not flattened, terete in cross section, 5–12 cm × 0.4–10 mm, lacking conspicuous air cavities. Inflorescences 0.7–2 cm × 4–6 mm, staminate portion to 5 mm. Pistillate scales yellow-brown medially, 1-veined, equaling perigynia in width, usually shorter, apex obtuse or acute, not inrolled, awns absent. Anthers 1.5–2 mm. Perigynia veinless, stipitate, elliptic, 2.5–3.5 × 1.5 mm, tightly enclosing and distended by achene, base narrowly cuneate, apex acute; beak erose; rachilla shorter than fruit. Stigma 1.5–2.5 mm. Achenes sessile.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 23: 570, 571 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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Idaho, Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wyo.
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Flora of North America Vol. 23: 570, 571 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flowering/Fruiting

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Fruiting Sep.
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Habitat

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Moist rocky slopes, alpine meadows; above 2500m.
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Flora of North America Vol. 23: 570, 571 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Synonym

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Carex rachillis Maguire
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Flora of North America Vol. 23: 570, 571 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Carex subnigricans

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Carex subnigricans is a species of sedge known by the common name nearlyblack sedge.

Distribution

This sedge is native to the western United States from California to Wyoming, where it grows in moist and dry mountain habitat above 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) in elevation in sub-alpine and alpine flora zones, such as in the High Sierra Nevada.

Description

Carex subnigricans produces stems no taller than about 20 centimeters from a network of thin rhizomes. The thin leaves are rolled tightly and resemble quills. The inflorescence is generally oval and pointed in shape and one or two centimeters long.

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Carex subnigricans: Brief Summary

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Carex subnigricans is a species of sedge known by the common name nearlyblack sedge.

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