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|accepted_name=Carex appalachica
|accepted_authority=J. M. Webber & P. W. Ball
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Taxon
|place=28: 614. 1979
|year=1979
}}
|common_names=Carex des Appalaches
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Phaestoglochin;Carex appalachica
|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. Phaestoglochin]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex appalachica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 287, 289
|treatment_page=page 290
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>without short-creeping rhizomes. <b>Culms</b> 20–60 cm, 0.7–1.3 mm wide basally, 0.2–0.5 mm wide distally. <b>Leaves</b>: sheaths tight, green, fronts hyaline; ligules less than 2 mm, wider than long; widest leaf blades 0.9–1.5 mm wide. <b>Inflorescences</b> with 3–6 spikes, 2–8 cm × 2.5–6.5 mm; proximal internodes more than 2 times as long as proximal spikes; proximal bracts 1–11 cm; spikes with 2–5(–7) ascending perigynia. <b>Pistillate</b> scales hyaline with green midvein, ovate to circular-ovate, 1.2–1.9 × 0.9–1.6 mm, body 1/2 length of perigynium, apex obtuse, acute, or short-awned. <b>Anthers</b> 0.8–1.3 mm. <b>Perigynia</b> green, faces not veined, 2–3.4 × 0.8–1.3 mm, base of perigynium spongy, thickened, longitudinally striate adaxially, spongy region 0.5–1.1 mm, margins serrulate distally; beak 0.3–1 mm, apical teeth 0.1–0.4 mm. <b>Stigmas</b> coiled or twisted, 0.05–0.08(–0.09) mm wide. <b>Achenes</b> ovate to obovate, 1.4–2 × 0.8–1.3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 52.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Dry to mesic deciduous or mixed forests, usually on sandy or rocky soils
|elevation=100–1000 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Conn.;D.C.;Ga.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>The name <i>Carex radiata</i> has frequently been misapplied to <i>C. appalachica</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Carex appalachica
|author=
|authority=J. M. Webber & P. W. Ball
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Dry to mesic deciduous or mixed forests, usually on sandy or rocky soils
|elevation=100–1000 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Conn.;D.C.;Ga.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Taxon
|publication year=1979
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_492.xml
|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Phaestoglochin
|species=Carex appalachica
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