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|accepted_name=Carex grayi
|accepted_authority=J. Carey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser.
|place=2, 4: 22. 1847
|year=1847
}}
|common_names=Carex de Gray
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Carex intumescens var. globularis
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York
|publication_place=3: 236. 1835
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Lupulinae;Carex grayi
|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. Lupulinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex grayi]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 511, 513
|treatment_page=page 512
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>cespitose or not, short-rhizomatous. <b>Culms</b> solitary or not, erect, (25–)40–90(–110) cm. <b>Leaves</b> 6–12; basal sheaths purplish red; sheath of distal leaf 0–1.5(–2.5) cm; ligules rounded, 2.5–6 mm; blades 12–34 cm × 4–11 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> 2.5–17 cm; peduncles of proximal pistillate spikes 0.7–3.5 cm, basal 2 peduncles 1–4(–12) cm apart; peduncle of terminal spike 0.5–6 cm; bracts leafy, usually sheathless, blades 8–26 cm × 2–7 mm. <b>Spikes</b>: proximal pistillate spikes 1–2(–3), densely (4–)8–35-flowered, separate to aggregated, globular, 2.5–4.2 × 2.6–4.1 cm; terminal staminate spike 1, 0.5–6.5 cm × 1–4 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> scales 1–5-veined, lanceolate-ovate to ovate-orbicular, 4–11 × 2–4.2 mm, apex obtuse to awned, awn to 7 mm, rough. <b>Anthers</b> 3, 2.5–4.8 mm. <b>Perigynia</b> radiating out in all directions, strongly 16–25-veined, rhombic-ovoid, 12.5–20 × 4–8 mm, base cuneate, dull, glabrous or, sometimes, hispidulous; beak poorly defined, 1.5–3 mm. <b>Achenes</b> sessile, ellipsoid to obovoid, faces convex, angles not thickened, 3.3–4.8 × 2.6–3.7 mm; style withering.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting May–Aug.
|habitat=Mesic to wet deciduous forests, forest openings, usually on fine alluvial or lacustrine deposits, riverbottoms
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>Pubescence on the perigynia of <i>Carex grayi</i> is most frequently found in plants from the Midwest and South.</p>
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name=Carex grayi
|authority=J. Carey
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Carex intumescens var. globularis
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting May–Aug.
|habitat=Mesic to wet deciduous forests, forest openings, usually on fine alluvial or lacustrine deposits, riverbottoms
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser.
|publication year=1847
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_954.xml
|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Lupulinae
|species=Carex grayi
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