Flora of North America species comparison

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Carex brunnescens subsp. brunnescens
Photo is of parent taxon

Alaska brownish sedge, brownish sedge, carex brunâtre
Culms

erect or, sometimes, nodding, slender, 15–60 cm.
Leaves

mid green to yellowish or gray-green, (1–)1.5–2.5 mm wide.
Inflorescences

erect or, sometimes, nodding, 1.5–5(–7) cm;

proximal spikes 0.5–2.5 cm apart;

terminal spike ellipsoid to subclavate.
Perigynia

2–2.5 × 1–1.5 mm.
2n

= 56.

Carex brunnescens subsp. brunnescens
Phenology Fruiting May–Jul.
Habitat Damp, temporarily dry areas, thin-peated mires, thickets, woodlands, heaths, rocky slopes
Elevation 0–3500 m (0–11500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; CO; CT; DE; GA; ID; IN; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MT; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; TN; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NL; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; SPM; Greenland
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Discussion

The mostly northern and western North America, Carex brunnescens subsp. brunnescens grades to subsp. sphaeostachya in the southeastern United States.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 23, p. 320.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae > Carex > sect. Glareosae > Carex brunnescens
Sibling taxa
C. brunnescens subsp. sphaerostachya
Synonyms C. brunnescens subsp. alaskana, C. brunnescens subsp. pacifica, C. brunnescens subsp. vitilis, C. canescens var. alpicola, C. canescens var. persoonii, C. gebhardii, C. gracilis, C. persoonii, C. vitilis
Name authority unknown
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