Flora of North America species comparison

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Carex bromoides subsp. bromoides
Photo is of parent taxon
Habit Plants densely to loosely cespitose.
Rhizomes

short to long, internodes 0.2–20 mm.
Culms

0.5–1(–1.1) mm wide.
Widest

leaf blades 1.3–2.9(–3.1) mm wide.
Longest

inflorescences (33–)40–63(–71) mm.
Perigynium

beak 0.3–0.42 times as long as perigynium.
2n

= 64, 66, 68.

Carex bromoides subsp. bromoides
Phenology Fruiting spring–early summer.
Habitat Forested flood plains, wet hardwood forests, hardwood swamps, occasionally wet meadows, marsh edges
Elevation 0–500(–1100) m (0–1600(–3600) ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; VT; WI; WV; NB; NS; ON; QC; c Mexico
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 23, p. 325.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae > Carex > sect. Deweyanae > Carex bromoides
Sibling taxa
C. bromoides subsp. montana
Name authority unknown
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