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early sedge, teacher's sedge
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Plants loosely or densely cespitose, 10–20(30) cm tall. |
(2)3–5 mm wide. |
1.5–2.5 mm wide, green or gray-green; shorter than the culms. |
1.6–3 cm × 12–20 mm; dense and head-like; spikes gynaecandrous, occasionally female. |
usually brownish; (1)1.5–2 cm long; spikes 3–5, crowded or sometimes the lowest one remote, gynaecandrous, oblong, 0.4–0.7 cm long with 8–15(20) perigynia. |
smoothly oval to obovate; plano-convex; (3.8)4.4–5.8(6.5) × (1.4)1.8–2.8(3.3) mm, cream-colored or tan with green “shoulders,” becoming uniformly straw-colored with age; dorsal veins (8)10–17 and on dried specimens usually appearing sunken; ventral veins (0)4–12; wing (0.2)0.3–0.4(0.5) mm wide; broad near the beak but narrow lower on the body; beak winged nearly to the tip, 2–2.8(3.3) mm from achene top to beak tip; stigmas 2. |
elliptic; (1.9)2.0–2.3(2.4) mm long, ascending, light brown (sometimes dark brown with age), with several distinct veins; beaks blunt; to 0.5 mm long; dorsal suture about as long as the beak, dark brown; darker than the surrounding perigynium surface; stigmas 2. |
lenticular, 1.7–2.4 × 1.1–1.7 mm. |
lenticular. |
(3.2)3.9–4.8 mm; gold or light brown with paler midrib and margins; longer and narrower than the perigynia. |
brown with whitish centers and margins; about as long as the perigynia. |
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Dry grasslands, mesic meadows and open forests. 600–2800 m. BR, BW, Casc, ECas, Sisk. CA, ID, NV, WA; northeast to MT. Native. Carex pachycarpa is a “ball-headed” bunchgrass sedge with large, pale, shaggy heads. Its pale perigynia have smooth oval bodies and wings that are broad near the beak but taper smoothly to become narrow beside the achene. Dorsal perigynium veins may appear impressed rather than raised. Individuals in the Warner Mountains may have unusually long, lanceolate perigynia. Other montane upland species (within subkey 9) with dense heads have darker or more compact inflorescences. This species can be confused with Californian C. multicostata. |
Bogs, wet meadows, wet edges of lakes and streams. 1400–2800 m. BR, BW. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, east to CO. Native. Carex praeceptorum is a small, cespitose plant with brownish inflorescences with overlapping spikes. The dorsal suture of the perigynium is about as long as the beak, dark brown, and darker than the rest of the perigynium. Compare to C. canescens. |
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 218
Barbara Wilson, Richard Brainerd, Nick Otting |
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 221
Barbara Wilson, Richard Brainerd, Nick Otting |
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. gynocrates, 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 |
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. gynocrates, 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. 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 |
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