Flora of North America species comparison

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Carex crinita var. crinita
Photo is of parent taxon

carex crépu, fringe sedge
Culms

40–135 cm, scabrous.
Leaf

blades 14–50 cm × 3.3–10.3 mm.
Inflorescences

peduncle of pistillate spike 1.4–6.9 cm;

proximal bract 3.7–10.9 mm wide;

pistillate spikes 2–5; the proximal 3.5–11.5 cm × 4.2–6.8 mm.
Perigynia

divergent to ascending, ellipsoid to obovoid, 1.8–3.7 × 1.2–2.5 mm, apex rounded or obtuse;

beak 0.1–0.3 mm.
Achenes

variously constricted.
Pistillate

scales (including awn) 3.4–11.2 mm.
2n

= 66, 68.

Carex crinita var. crinita
Phenology Fruiting Jun–Aug.
Habitat Swamps, floodplain forests, wet meadows, marshes, bogs, stream edges, margins of lakes and ponds, roadside ditches
Elevation 0–1500 m (0–4900 ft)
Distribution
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AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; GA; IL; IN; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SC; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; MB; NB; NS; ON; PE; QC
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Discussion

Carex crinita var. crinita is sympatric and often syntopic with C. gynandra over a significant portion of its distribution; hybridization between the two taxa has been observed. Carex crinita var. paleacea (Wahlenberg) Dewey is a misapplication of the epithet to long-awned extremes of C. crinita var. crinita.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 23, p. 386.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae > Carex > sect. Phacocystis > Carex crinita
Sibling taxa
C. crinita var. brevicrinis
Synonyms C. crinita var. minor, C. crinita var. morbida, C. leonura
Name authority unknown
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