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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Carex bushii
|accepted_authority=Mackenzie
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=37: 241. 1910
|year=1910
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex caroliniana var. cuspidata
|authority=(Dewey) Shinners
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Porocystis;Carex bushii
|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. Porocystis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex bushii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 482, 483
|treatment_page=page 484
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>30–90 cm, sparsely pilose. <b>Leaves</b>: sheaths pilose; ligules as long as or slightly longer than wide; blades 1.5–4 mm wide, pilose. <b>Inflorescences</b>: terminal spike gynecandrous, at least 1/2 of flowers pistillate, 12–22 mm; lateral spikes usually crowded, 6–16 × 4.5–11 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> scales lanceolate, 2.5–3.5(–5) × 1.1–1.5(–1.7) mm, exceeding perigynia, apex acuminate, at least proximal scale with awn 0.5–2 mm. <b>Staminate</b> scales lanceolate, 3.2–5.2 mm, apex acuminate, often awned. <b>Anthers</b> 2–3 mm. <b>Perigynia</b> spreading, 9–13-veined, obovate-circular, circular in cross section, 2.5–4 × 1.4–2.1 mm, papillose, pubescent; beak absent. <b>Achenes</b> 2–2.6 × (1.1–)1.4–1.7 mm. <b>2n</b> = 64.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Dry to mesic grasslands, forest margins
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Carex bushii
|authority=Mackenzie
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Carex caroliniana var. cuspidata
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Dry to mesic grasslands, forest margins
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1910
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_894.xml
|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Porocystis
|species=Carex bushii
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