Flora of North America species comparison

5–35 cm.

5–40 cm.

basal sheaths dull, base of blade usually persistent;

blades ± channeled, 2–20 cm × 0.2–1.5(–2) mm.

basal sheaths somewhat glossy, bladeless;

blades filiform, 2–15 cm × 0.25–0.5 mm.

usually compound, (8–) 10–35 × (2–)3–8 mm;

bracts brown, margins hyaline, ovate to oblong-ovate;

proximal spikelets 1-flowered and pistillate or 2-flowered and androgynous;

terminal and distal spikelets 1-flowered, staminate.

simple, 10–20 × 4–8 mm;

proximal spikelets usually androgynous with 1–2 staminate flowers, 1 pistillate flower, and 1–3 scales;

distal spikelets staminate, 1-flowered.

brown, 2.5–3.2 mm, margins free to base, smooth.

brown, finely veined, 3.5–5.5 mm, margins connate near base.

2–3 mm.

2.6–4 mm.

brown, ovate, 2–3 mm, margins hyaline, midvein distinct almost to tip, apex obtuse to subacute.

brown, obovate-circular, 3.5–5.5 mm, midvein distinct only near base, margins hyaline, apex obtuse.

1–2 mm.

2–3 mm.

= 70–75.