familyCyperaceae
genusCarex
sectionCarex sect. Glareosae
speciesCarex brunnescens
subspeciesCarex brunnescens subsp. brunnescens

Carex brunnescens subsp. brunnescens

Heikki Toivonen
Common names: Carex brunâtre
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Carex brunnescens subsp. alaskana Kalela Carex brunnescens subsp. pacifica Kalela Carex brunnescens subsp. vitilis (Fries) Kalela Carex canescens var. alpicola Wahlenberg Carex canescens var. persoonii (Sieber) H. Christ Carex gebhardii Hoppe Carex gracilis Ehrhart Carex persoonii Sieber Carex vitilis Fries
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 320. Mentioned on page 317, 321.
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Illustrator: Susan A. Reznicek

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

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.


Phenology: Fruiting May–Jul.
Habitat: Damp, temporarily dry areas, thin-peated mires, thickets, woodlands, heaths, rocky slopes
Elevation: 0–3500 m

Distribution

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Greenland, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., Ga., Idaho, Ind., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mont., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., R.I., Tenn., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo.

Discussion

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

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Author
Heikki Toivonen +
Authority
(Persoon) Poiret +
Basionyms
Carex curta var. brunnescens +
Common name
Carex brunâtre +
Distribution
Greenland +, St. Pierre and Miquelon +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Ga. +, Idaho +, Ind. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Tenn. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +  and Wyo. +
Elevation
0–3500 m +
Habitat
Damp, temporarily dry areas, thin-peated mires, thickets, woodlands, heaths, rocky slopes +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Susan A. Reznicek +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Phenology
Fruiting May–Jul. +
Publication title
in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl., Suppl. +
Publication year
1813 +
Reference
None +
Source xml
https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse grained fna xml/V23/V23 565.xml +
Special status
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Synonyms
Carex brunnescens subsp. alaskana +, Carex brunnescens subsp. pacifica +, Carex brunnescens subsp. vitilis +, Carex canescens var. alpicola +, Carex canescens var. persoonii +, Carex gebhardii +, Carex gracilis +, Carex persoonii +  and Carex vitilis +
Taxon family
Cyperaceae +
Taxon name
Carex brunnescens subsp. brunnescens +
Taxon parent
Carex brunnescens +
Taxon rank
subspecies +
Volume
Volume 23 +