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|accepted_name=Carex folliculata
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 978. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Carex folliculé
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Rostrales;Carex folliculata
|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. Rostrales]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex folliculata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 515, 517
|treatment_page=page 516
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>obtusely trigonous in cross section, (25–)40–175 cm, smooth. <b>Leaves</b>: ligules 2.5–10 mm, as wide as long to wider than long; blades yellowish green to light green, M-shaped to flat, 6–18(–21) mm wide, smooth or sometimes finely papillose and scabrous adaxially, especially distally; widest leaves of vegetative shoots 8–18(–21) mm wide. <b>Inflorescences</b> 15–85 cm; bract sheaths prolonged, apex truncate to convex; proximal 3–5 spikes pistillate (occasionally a few empty scales at apex), erect or the proximal nodding, ovoid to short cylindric. <b>Pistillate</b> scales lanceolate to narrowly ovate, mostly 2/3 as long as to exceeding perigynia, apex acuminate-awned. <b>Anthers</b> 3–5 mm. <b>Perigynia</b> ascending to spreading, yellowish green, 18–26-veined, slightly inflated, lanceolate, 10.3–15.6 × 1.8–3.3 mm, 4–7 times as long as wide, apex gradually tapered, bidentulate; beak absent. <b>Achenes</b> (3.2–)3.4–4(–4.5) × 1.5–2.3 mm, (1.7–)1.8–2.4 times as long as wide. <b>2n</b> = 56.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting late spring–summer.
|habitat=Wet forests, bogs, seeps, wet meadows, marsh edges, stream banks, lakeshores, in acidic, sandy, or peaty soils
|elevation=0–1800 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ind.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>South of central Virginia, <i>Carex folliculata</i> occurs only in the Appalachian mountains. Clumps of <i>C. folliculata</i> are striking because of the very broad, yellowish green leaf blades of their vegetative shoots.</p>
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name=Carex folliculata
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting late spring–summer.
|habitat=Wet forests, bogs, seeps, wet meadows, marsh edges, stream banks, lakeshores, in acidic, sandy, or peaty soils
|elevation=0–1800 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ind.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_963.xml
|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Rostrales
|species=Carex folliculata
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