View source for Carex meadii

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|accepted_name=Carex meadii
|accepted_authority=Dewey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts
|place=43: 90, plate Cc, fig. 94. 1842
|year=1842
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex tetanica var. meadii
|authority=(Dewey) L. H. Bailey
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Paniceae;Carex meadii
|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. Paniceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex meadii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 431
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>colonial, long-rhizomatous, vegetative shoots widely scattered and inconspicuous from deep rhizomes. <b>Culms</b> 15–60 cm, usually scabrous distally. <b>Leaves</b>: proximal sheaths with blades, brownish, 1.5–5 mm diam.; ligules 0.4–3.6 mm, 0.4–1.2 times wider than long; blades gray-green, flat, 7–15 cm × 2–5(–7) mm, folded near bases, margins often revolute, herbaceous. <b>Inflorescences</b> 4–25 cm, 1–1.6 times as long as proximal bracts; proximal bract 2.5–20 cm, sheath 0.5–4 cm, blade 2–16 cm; pistillate spikes ovoid to cylindric, 6–37 × 3.5–8 mm; lateral spikes erect or ascending on stiff peduncles. <b>Pistillate</b> scales purple tinged or brown, apex awned or obtuse. <b>Perigynia</b> ascending to spreading, densely arranged, yellow-green to brown, 2.3–5 × 1.25–2.5 mm, minutely papillose; beak minute, bent. <b>Achenes</b> light to dark brown, 2.7–4 × 1.7–2.2(–2.5) mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Calcareous prairies, fens, cedar glades, open woodlands, moist depressions
|elevation=50–2400 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Sask.;Ala.;Ark.;Ariz.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Wis.;Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Separating <i>Carex meadii</i> and <i>C. tetanica</i> can be problematic, particularly in the Great Lakes region where they seem to integrade with each other. <i>Carex meadii</i>, the more wide-ranging taxon, can tolerate drier habitats. In addition to the characters in the key, <i>C. meadii</i> tends to be a coarser plant with more grayish green leaves, shorter peduncles (bearing the staminate and proximal pistillate spikes), and thicker spikes. The perigynia, including the proximal ones, are strongly aggregated and borne in more ranks within the spike. Also, the beaks of <i>C. meadii</i> may be more distinct and sharply curved.</p><!--
--><p>Due to confusion with <i>Carex meadii</i>, the geographic range of <i>C. tetanica</i> is not fully known.</p>
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name=Carex meadii
|author=
|authority=Dewey
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Carex tetanica var. meadii
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Calcareous prairies, fens, cedar glades, open woodlands, moist depressions
|elevation=50–2400 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Sask.;Ala.;Ark.;Ariz.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Wis.;Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts
|publication year=1842
|special status=
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|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Paniceae
|species=Carex meadii
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