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|accepted_name=Carex alata
|accepted_authority=Torrey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York
|place=3: 396. 1836
|year=1836
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Ovales;Carex alata
|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. Ovales]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex alata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 335, 362, 364, 367
|treatment_page=page 366
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>densely cespitose. <b>Culms</b> 30–140 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: sheaths adaxially conspicuously green-veined nearly to collar, narrow hyaline band or sharp Y-shaped region at collar, adaxially firm, sometimes papillose, summits U-shaped; distal ligules 2.8–8 mm; blades 3–7 per fertile culm, 11–50 cm × 2.5–6 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> dense or open, pale green or brown, 2–6.5 cm × 7–20 mm; proximal internode 3–13 mm; 2d internode 4–10 mm; proximal bracts scalelike with bristle tips shorter than inflorescences. <b>Spikes</b> 3–11, distant, distinct, ellipsoid to ovoid, 6–20 × 4–9 mm, base rounded or short-acute, apex broadly acute to obtuse. <b>Pistillate</b> scales white-hyaline or tan, with green midstripe extending to tip, lanceolate, 2.8–3.5(–3.8) mm, shorter or longer and much narrower than perigynia, apex firm, acuminate or awned to 0.8 mm. <b>Perigynia</b> ± spreading, light or golden brown, faintly 3–8-veined on each face, obovate, flat except over achene, 4–5.5 × 2.5–3.8 mm, 0.4–0.5 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.8–1.5 mm wide; beak light brown at tip, flat, 0.85–2.2 mm, ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture with light brown margin, distance from beak tip to achene 1.8–3 mm. <b>Achenes</b> oblong, 1.7–2 × 0.9–1.1 mm, 0.3–0.4 mm thick. <b>2n</b> = 74.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting late spring–mid summer.
|habitat=Peaty shores, marshes, wet thickets, woods
|elevation=0–400 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Carex alata
|authority=Torrey
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting late spring–mid summer.
|habitat=Peaty shores, marshes, wet thickets, woods
|elevation=0–400 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York
|publication year=1836
|special status=
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|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Ovales
|species=Carex alata
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