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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Carex virescens
|accepted_authority=Muhlenburg ex Willdenow
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=4(1): 251. 1805
|year=1805
}}
|common_names=Carex virescent
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Porocystis;Carex virescens
|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. Porocystis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex virescens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 4, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 482
|treatment_page=page 483
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>30–100 cm, sparsely pilose. <b>Leaves</b>: sheaths pilose; ligules longer than wide; blades 2–4 mm wide, pilose. <b>Inflorescences</b>: lateral spikes (18–)20–35 × 2.5–3.5 mm, proximal distant; terminal spike gynecandrous, at least 1/2 of flowers pistillate, 20–35(–40) mm. <b>Pistillate</b> scales ovate-circular, 1.5–2.5(–3.2) × 0.9–1.2 mm, apex of proximal obtuse, with awn to 0.5 mm, apex of distal acute to acuminate, as long as perigynia. <b>Staminate</b> scales ovate, 2.8–4.1 mm, apex obtuse to acuminate. <b>Anthers</b> (1–)1.6–2(–2.8) mm. <b>Perigynia</b> ascending, distinctly 7–12-veined, elliptic, trigonous in cross section, 1.9–2.5 × 1–1.4 mm, densely pilose; beak absent. <b>Achenes</b> 1.5–2 × 0.8–1.1 mm. <b>2n</b> = 60.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Dry to wet-mesic deciduous forests, banks
|elevation=0–1000 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Carex virescens
|author=
|authority=Muhlenburg ex Willdenow
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Dry to wet-mesic deciduous forests, banks
|elevation=0–1000 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1805
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_890.xml
|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Porocystis
|species=Carex virescens
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