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

short, internodes 0.2–1(–8.5) mm.
Culms

1–1.6 mm wide.
Widest

leaf blades 2.8–4.4 mm wide.
Longest

inflorescences 24–44(–53) mm.
Perigynium

beak 0.36–0.48 times as long as perigynium.
2n

= 60, 62.

Carex bromoides subsp. montana
Phenology Fruiting spring.
Habitat Mountain streamsides, seeps in deciduous forests, rarely mountain bogs
Elevation (400–)800–1400 m ((1300–)2600–4600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NC; SC; VA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Carex bromoides subsp. montana is endemic to the southeastern portion of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 23, p. 325.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae > Carex > sect. Deweyanae > Carex bromoides
Sibling taxa
C. bromoides subsp. bromoides
Name authority Naczi: Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 17: 220, fig 4. (1990)
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