View source for Fimbristylis caroliniana

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|accepted_name=Fimbristylis caroliniana
|accepted_authority=(Lamarck) Fernald
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rhodora
|place=42: 246. 1940
|year=1940
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Scirpus carolinianus
|authority=Lamarck
|rank=species
|publication_title=in J. Lamarck and J. Poiret, Tabl. Encycl.
|publication_place=1: 142. 1791
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Fimbristylis harperi
|authority=Britton ex Small
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Fimbristylis;Fimbristylis caroliniana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Fimbristylis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Fimbristylis caroliniana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 121, 124, 125, 130
|treatment_page=page 123
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, to 150(–200) cm, cespitose or not; rhizomes scaly, slender, elongate. <b>Culms</b> wand-like, at least 50 cm. <b>Leaves</b> nearly distichous, spreading to ascending, 1/2 length of culms, sheath margins ciliolate at junction with blade, backs smooth to pubescent; ligule present, usually complete; blades linear, 2–5 mm wide, flat to involute, margins scabridulous, surfaces mostly glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b>: anthelae compound, dense or diffuse, mostly longer than broad; scapes wandlike, broadly linear, distally usually compressed, marginal ribs scabrid distally; longest primary involucral bract exceeding or shorter than anthela. <b>Spikelets</b> pale brown or red-brown, broadly ovoid, ellipsoid, or lanceoloid, 5–15 mm; fertile scales ovate, 3–4 mm, apex rounded, often puberulent distally, midrib excurrent as scabrid mucro or short cusp. <b>Flowers</b>: stamens 3; styles 2-fid, flat, fimbriolate. <b>Achenes</b> pale to deep brown, lenticular-obovoid, 1 mm, finely but definitely cancellate with 14–15 horizontally oriented lattices per side. <b>2n</b> = 20, 30, 60.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Sands or sandy peats of slightly brackish to circumneutral marsh, interdunal swales and low sandy areas near coast
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.J.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico;West Indies.
|discussion=<p>The tallest, coarsest plants of <i>Fimbristylis caroliniana</i>, formerly referred to as F. harperi Britton ex Small, are the most clonal of North American Fimbristyloids, some clones literally covering acres of sandy swale or beach.</p>
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name=Fimbristylis caroliniana
|authority=(Lamarck) Fernald
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Fimbristylis harperi
|basionyms=Scirpus carolinianus
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Sands or sandy peats of slightly brackish to circumneutral marsh, interdunal swales and low sandy areas near coast
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.J.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico;West Indies.
|reference=None
|publication title=Rhodora
|publication year=1940
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_187.xml
|genus=Fimbristylis
|species=Fimbristylis caroliniana
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