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|accepted_name=Carex sychnocephala
|accepted_authority=J. Carey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser.
|place=2, 4: 24. 1847
|year=1847
}}
|common_names=Carex compact
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Cyperoideae;Carex sychnocephala
|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. Cyperoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex sychnocephala]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 254
|treatment_page=page 332
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>aphyllopodic, smoothly 3-angled, 8–40 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: sheath white-hyaline adaxially, summit U-shaped, smooth; distal ligule 0.5–4.3 mm; blades 0–3 per culm, 12 cm × 1.2–3 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> green or pale brown, 1.6–3 cm × 7–15 mm; proximal internode (2–)4–8 mm, 2d internode 1.7–4 mm; bracts appressed to ascending. <b>Spikes</b> 3–8, densely clustered except, often, the proximal 1–2, obovoid-oblanceoloid, 10–16 × 5–7 mm, base acute to acuminate, apex truncate. <b>Pistillate</b> scales white- or gold-hyaline with green or gold midstripe, lanceolate to ovate, to 3.5–4.5 mm, shorter than or longer than perigynia. <b>Perigynia</b> appressed, green or gold to light brown, conspicuously 3–12-veined abaxially, 0–9-veined adaxially, wing 0.1–0.15(–0.2) mm wide, narrowly lanceolate, (4.6–)5.5–7.3 × 0.7–1.2 mm, 0.3–0.4 mm thick; beak tip white, green, or gold, narrowly flat, distance from beak tip to achene 3–5 mm, ± ciliate-serrulate. <b>Achenes</b> elliptic to ovate, 1–1.8 × 0.6–0.8 mm, 0.3–0.4 mm thick. <b>2n</b> = 64.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Wet areas, at least seasonally, open, sandy, silty or peaty shores, banks, on limestone
|elevation=less than 1500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Colo.;Iowa;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;S.Dak.;Wash.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>Because <i>Carex sychnocephala</i> often lacks conspicuous rhizomes and has a small diffuse root system, it may appear to be annual. In some situations, it may actually grow as an annual.</p>
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name=Carex sychnocephala
|author=
|authority=J. Carey
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Wet areas, at least seasonally, open, sandy, silty or peaty shores, banks, on limestone
|elevation=less than 1500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Colo.;Iowa;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;S.Dak.;Wash.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser.
|publication year=1847
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_593.xml
|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Cyperoideae
|species=Carex sychnocephala
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