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|accepted_name=Carex houghtoniana
|accepted_authority=Torrey ex Dewey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts
|place=30: 63, plate Bb, fig. 91. 1836
|year=1836
}}
|common_names=Carex de Houghton
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Paludosae;Carex houghtoniana
|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. Paludosae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex houghtoniana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 492
|treatment_page=page 496
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>colonial; rhizomes long-creeping. <b>Culms</b> lateral, trigonous, 20–80(–100) cm, scabrous-angled. <b>Leaves</b>: basal sheaths reddish purple, bladeless, apex of inner band glabrous; ligules 1.5–14 mm; blades green, M-shaped, 2.8–8.5 mm wide, glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> 4.5–23 cm; proximal (1–)2–3(–4) spikes pistillate, ascending; distal spikes erect; terminal 1–3 spikes staminate. <b>Pistillate</b> scales lanceolate to ovate, apex acute to acuminate-awned, glabrous, scabrous-ciliate apically. <b>Perigynia</b> ascending to spreading, 16–22-veined, broadly ovoid to broadly ellipsoid, 4.5–6.5 × 2–2.9 mm, cellular details and veination clear, sparsely short-pubescent; beak 1.2–2 mm, bidentulate, teeth straight, 0.5–0.8 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Dry to moist sandy or gravelly soils in open, disturbed sites, rocky balds, ledges
|elevation=0–1000 m
|distribution=Alta.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ill.;Maine;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.Y.;Vt.;Wis.
|discussion=<p><i>Carex houghtoniana</i> responds strongly to fire and other disturbances, appearing quickly, presumably from the seedbank, then often dying out in a few years if the disturbance is not repeated.</p><!--
--><p>The epithet is often, but not originally, spelled “houghtonii.”</p>
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name=Carex houghtoniana
|authority=Torrey ex Dewey
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Dry to moist sandy or gravelly soils in open, disturbed sites, rocky balds, ledges
|elevation=0–1000 m
|distribution=Alta.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ill.;Maine;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.Y.;Vt.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts
|publication year=1836
|special status=
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|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Paludosae
|species=Carex houghtoniana
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