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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Carex polymorpha
|accepted_authority=Muhlenberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Descr. Gram.,
|place=239. 1817
|year=1817
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Paniceae;Carex polymorpha
|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 polymorpha]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 427, 429
|treatment_page=page 428
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>colonial, long-rhizomatous. <b>Culms</b> 30–60 cm, scabrous to smooth distally. <b>Leaves</b>: proximal sheaths fibrillose, bladeless, brown- to reddish purple tinged, 2–4.5 mm diam.; ligules 2–10 mm, longer than wide; largest blades green, flat, 4–45 cm × 2.5–6 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> 6–19 cm, 1.4–2.2 times longer than proximal bract; proximal bracts 2–9 cm; sheath 0.6–2 cm, blade 1.5–7 cm; proximal spikes pistillate or androgynous; lateral spikes cylindric, 1.5–3.5 cm × 7.5–11 mm; terminal 1–3 spikes, staminate. <b>Pistillate</b> scales purple or brown, apex rounded or obtuse. <b>Perigynia</b> densely arranged, green to light brown, 2-ribbed and finely veined, 4.2–6.8 × 1.5–2.5 mm, with low, broad papillae; beak purple tinged, mouth hyaline, obliquely bidentate, asymmetrically flared, 0.8–1.8(–2.2) mm. <b>Achenes</b> light to dark brown, 2.2–2.8 × 1.4–2.3 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting early–mid summer.
|habitat=Thin woods with sandy soils
|elevation=30–1200 m
|distribution=Conn.;Del.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;R.I.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Carex polymorpha</i>, rare throughout its range, is of conservation concern (L. A. Standley and J. L. Dudley 1991).</p>
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name=Carex polymorpha
|author=
|authority=Muhlenberg
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting early–mid summer.
|habitat=Thin woods with sandy soils
|elevation=30–1200 m
|distribution=Conn.;Del.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;R.I.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Descr. Gram.,
|publication year=1817
|special status=
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|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Paniceae
|species=Carex polymorpha
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