Flora of North America species comparison

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Carex stipata var. stipata
Photo is of parent taxon

awl-fruit sedge, carex stipité, owlfruit sedge, sawbeak sedge
Culms

to 120 cm × 3 mm.
Leaf

blades green, to 60 cm × 10 mm.
Inflorescences

to 10 × 3 cm.
Perigynia

4–5 × 2 mm;

beak to 2.5 mm.
2n

= 48 (Japan), 52.

Carex stipata var. stipata
Phenology Fruiting Jun–Aug.
Habitat Seasonally saturated or inundated soils in wet meadows, marshes, edges of tidal marshes, swamps, alluvial bottomlands
Elevation 0–1700 m (0–5600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NL; NS; ON; PE; QC; SK; SPM; e Asia
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Source FNA vol. 23.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae > Carex > sect. Vulpinae > Carex stipata
Sibling taxa
C. stipata var. maxima
Synonyms C. stipata var. crassicurta, C. stipata var. subsecuta
Name authority unknown
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