Flora of North America species comparison

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Carex digitalis var. macropoda
Photo is of parent taxon

slender woodland sedge
Inflorescence

longest peduncle of staminate spike (6.3–)8.1–15.9 cm;

terminal spike usually surpassing bract blade of distal lateral spike.
Perigynia

7–10-veined, 2–3.4 mm, apex barely excurved.
Widest

leaf 2–2.9(–3.5) mm wide.

Carex digitalis var. macropoda
Phenology Fruiting spring.
Habitat Mesic to dry-mesic, deciduous or mixed deciduous-evergreen forests, mixed soils
Elevation 0–400 m (0–1300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; FL; GA; IL; IN; KY; LA; MD; MO; MS; NC; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 23, p. 446.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae > Carex > sect. Careyanae > Carex digitalis
Sibling taxa
C. digitalis var. digitalis, C. digitalis var. floridana
Name authority Fernald: Rhodora 40: 400, plate 511, figs. 3, 4. (1938)
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