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|accepted_name=Carex engelmannii
|accepted_authority=L. H. Bailey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=22: 132. 1887
|year=1887
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex breweri var. paddoensis
|authority=(Suksdorf) Cronquist
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex engelmannii var. paddoensis
|authority=(Suksdorf) Kneucker
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex paddoensis
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Inflatae;Carex engelmannii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Carex sect. Inflatae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex engelmannii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 570
|treatment_page=page 571
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>1 mm thick. <b>Culms</b> 7–15 cm, 2–2.5 mm thick at base. <b>Leaves</b>: sheaths to 1.5 cm, fronts uniformly colorless or pale brown; blades with conspicuous median groove, flattened dorsiventrally, elliptic in cross section, 6–15(–18) cm × 0.3–0.6 mm, lacking conspicuous air cavities. <b>Inflorescences</b> 0.7–1.5 cm × 6–8 mm, staminate portion less than 2 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> scales yellow-brown medially, 1-veined, equaling perigynia in length and width, apex acute, involute, appearing acuminate, awns absent. <b>Anthers</b> 1.5–2 mm. <b>Perigynia</b> veinless, sessile, elliptic, 3.5–5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, base rounded, apex acute; beak erose; rachilla longer than fruit. <b>Stigma</b> 1.5–2.5 mm. <b>Achenes</b> stalked to 0.2 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting Sep.
|habitat=Dry rocky slopes, alpine tundra
|elevation=above 2300 m in Cascades and 3000 m in Rockies
|distribution=B.C.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Carex engelmannii</i> occurs north and east of the range of <i>C. breweri</i>; both species occur on Mt. Adams, Washington. <i>Carex engelmannii</i> is most similar to <i>C. subnigricans</i>. It differs in the inrolled scale margins, the larger, sessile perigynia, the stipitate achene, and leaf cross sectional shape. It occurs in drier habitats usually to the north and east of the range of <i>C. subnigricans</i>. Relationships among the three species placed in the section, as well as their relationships to other unispicate sections, should be studied further.</p>
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name=Carex engelmannii
|author=
|authority=L. H. Bailey
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Carex breweri var. paddoensis;Carex engelmannii var. paddoensis;Carex paddoensis
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting Sep.
|habitat=Dry rocky slopes, alpine tundra
|elevation=above 2300 m in Cascades and 3000 m in Rockies
|distribution=B.C.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1887
|special status=
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|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Inflatae
|species=Carex engelmannii
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