OregonFlora: Carex gynocrates

	Carex gynocrates
	northern bog sedge
Habit	Plants rhizomatous, the rhizomes only 0.3–0.8 mm in diameter; culms slender and round in cross section, 2–30 cm long.
Leaves	0.3–0.7 mm wide.
Inflorescences	spike solitary, usually female but occasionally androgynous or male; if male; the spike 0.8–1.6 cm × 1–2 mm; if female; the spike more or less oblong, 0.5–1.4 cm × 4–8 mm.
Perigynia	oblong-ovoid; biconvex, 2.9–3.4 × 1.2–1.7 mm; yellowish or green when young, brown at maturity, with many obscure to conspicuous fine veins; beak 0.5 mm long; stigmas 2.
Achenes	lenticular.
Female scales	mostly shorter but broader than the perigynia, light brown; more or less hyaline.
2n	=46, 48.

	Carex gynocrates
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Discussion	Growing in moss in bogs, usually in openings in conifer forests, sometimes in open bogs or subalpine meadows. 1600–1700 m. BW. ID, NV, WA; north to AK, east to Greenland; Asia. Native. Carex gynocrates is a delicate little sedge of moss mats in high montane bogs.
Source	Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 202 Barbara Wilson, Richard Brainerd, Nick Otting
Sibling taxa	C. abrupta, C. agastachys, C. amplifolia, C. angustata, C. aperta, C. aquatilis, C. arcta, C. arenaria, C. atherodes, C. athrostachya, C. atrosquama, C. aurea, C. barbarae, C. bebbii, C. bolanderi, C. brainerdii, C. brevior, C. breweri, C. buchananii, C. buxbaumii, C. californica, C. canescens, C. capillaris, C. capitata, C. chordorrhiza, C. comans, C. comosa, C. concinna, C. concinnoides, C. cordillerana, C. crawfordii, C. cusickii, C. davyi, C. deflexa, C. densa, C. diandra, C. disperma, C. distans, C. douglasii, C. duriuscula, C. echinata, C. exsiccata, C. feta, C. filifolia, C. fissuricola, C. fracta, C. geyeri, C. gynodynama, C. halliana, C. harfordii, C. hassei, C. haydeniana, C. hendersonii, C. heteroneura, C. hirsutella, C. hirta, C. hoodii, C. hystericina, C. idahoa, C. illota, C. infirminervia, C. inops, C. integra, C. interior, C. interrupta, C. jonesii, C. kelloggii, C. klamathensis, C. kobomugi, C. laeviculmis, C. lasiocarpa, C. leporina, C. leporinella, C. leptalea, C. leptopoda, C. limosa, C. livida, C. longii, C. luzulina, C. lyngbyei, C. macrocephala, C. macrochaeta, C. media, C. mendocinensis, C. mertensii, C. mesochorea, C. micropoda, C. microptera, C. multicaulis, C. nardina, C. nebrascensis, C. nervina, C. neurophora, C. nigricans, C. nudata, C. obnupta, C. pachycarpa, C. pachystachya, C. pansa, C. paysonis, C. pellita, C. pelocarpa, C. pendula, C. petasata, C. phaeocephala, C. pluriflora, C. praeceptorum, C. praegracilis, C. praticola, C. preslii, C. pumila, C. raynoldsii, C. retrorsa, C. rossii, C. saxatilis, C. scabriuscula, C. scirpoidea, C. scoparia, C. scopulorum, C. serpenticola, C. serratodens, C. sheldonii, C. simulata, C. spectabilis, C. stipata, C. straminiformis, C. subbracteata, C. subfusca, C. subnigricans, C. sychnocephala, C. tahoensis, C. tiogana, C. tribuloides, C. tumulicola, C. unilateralis, C. utriculata, C. vallicola, C. vernacula, C. vesicaria, C. viridula, C. vulpinoidea, C. whitneyi, C. zikae
Synonyms	Carex dioica, Carex dioica var. gynocrates
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Carex gynocrates

northern bog sedge

Habit

Plants rhizomatous, the rhizomes only 0.3–0.8 mm in diameter; culms slender and round in cross section, 2–30 cm long.

Leaves

0.3–0.7 mm wide.

Inflorescences

spike solitary, usually female but occasionally androgynous or male; if male; the spike 0.8–1.6 cm × 1–2 mm; if female; the spike more or less oblong, 0.5–1.4 cm × 4–8 mm.

Perigynia

oblong-ovoid; biconvex, 2.9–3.4 × 1.2–1.7 mm; yellowish or green when young, brown at maturity, with many obscure to conspicuous fine veins;

beak 0.5 mm long;

stigmas 2.

Achenes

lenticular.

Female scales

mostly shorter but broader than the perigynia, light brown; more or less hyaline.

=46, 48.

Carex gynocrates

Distribution

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Discussion

Growing in moss in bogs, usually in openings in conifer forests, sometimes in open bogs or subalpine meadows. 1600–1700 m. BW. ID, NV, WA; north to AK, east to Greenland; Asia. Native.

Carex gynocrates is a delicate little sedge of moss mats in high montane bogs.

Source

Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 202
Barbara Wilson, Richard Brainerd, Nick Otting

Sibling taxa

C. abrupta, C. agastachys, C. amplifolia, C. angustata, C. aperta, C. aquatilis, C. arcta, C. arenaria, C. atherodes, C. athrostachya, C. atrosquama, C. aurea, C. barbarae, C. bebbii, C. bolanderi, C. brainerdii, C. brevior, C. breweri, C. buchananii, C. buxbaumii, C. californica, C. canescens, C. capillaris, C. capitata, C. chordorrhiza, C. comans, C. comosa, C. concinna, C. concinnoides, C. cordillerana, C. crawfordii, C. cusickii, C. davyi, C. deflexa, C. densa, C. diandra, C. disperma, C. distans, C. douglasii, C. duriuscula, C. echinata, C. exsiccata, C. feta, C. filifolia, C. fissuricola, C. fracta, C. geyeri, C. gynodynama, C. halliana, C. harfordii, C. hassei, C. haydeniana, C. hendersonii, C. heteroneura, C. hirsutella, C. hirta, C. hoodii, C. hystericina, C. idahoa, C. illota, C. infirminervia, C. inops, C. integra, C. interior, C. interrupta, C. jonesii, C. kelloggii, C. klamathensis, C. kobomugi, C. laeviculmis, C. lasiocarpa, C. leporina, C. leporinella, C. leptalea, C. leptopoda, C. limosa, C. livida, C. longii, C. luzulina, C. lyngbyei, C. macrocephala, C. macrochaeta, C. media, C. mendocinensis, C. mertensii, C. mesochorea, C. micropoda, C. microptera, C. multicaulis, C. nardina, C. nebrascensis, C. nervina, C. neurophora, C. nigricans, C. nudata, C. obnupta, C. pachycarpa, C. pachystachya, C. pansa, C. paysonis, C. pellita, C. pelocarpa, C. pendula, C. petasata, C. phaeocephala, C. pluriflora, C. praeceptorum, C. praegracilis, C. praticola, C. preslii, C. pumila, C. raynoldsii, C. retrorsa, C. rossii, C. saxatilis, C. scabriuscula, C. scirpoidea, C. scoparia, C. scopulorum, C. serpenticola, C. serratodens, C. sheldonii, C. simulata, C. spectabilis, C. stipata, C. straminiformis, C. subbracteata, C. subfusca, C. subnigricans, C. sychnocephala, C. tahoensis, C. tiogana, C. tribuloides, C. tumulicola, C. unilateralis, C. utriculata, C. vallicola, C. vernacula, C. vesicaria, C. viridula, C. vulpinoidea, C. whitneyi, C. zikae

Synonyms

Carex dioica, Carex dioica var. gynocrates

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