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|accepted_name=Carex vesicaria
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 979. 1753
|year=1753
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|common_names=Carex vésiculeux
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms=
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|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Vesicariae;Carex vesicaria
|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. Vesicariae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex vesicaria]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 503, 505, 507, 510
|treatment_page=page 506
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>cespitose; rhizomes short. <b>Culms</b> trigonous in cross section, 15–105 cm, scabrous-angled distally. <b>Leaves</b>: basal sheaths reddish brown to reddish purple, thickened, not spongy; ligules longer than wide; blades mid to dark green, V- to W-shaped, widest leaves 1.8–6.5 mm wide, smooth. <b>Inflorescences</b> 7.5–45 cm; proximal bract 10–50 cm, exceeding but not more than 2.5 times longer than inflorescence; proximal 1–3 spikes pistillate, erect or the proximal ascending, ca. 20–150-flowered, cylindric; terminal 1–3 spikes staminate, well elevated beyond summit of separate pistillate spikes. <b>Pistillate</b> scales lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 2.4–5.8 × 1.2–1.7 mm, shorter than perigynia, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate, awnless. <b>Perigynia</b> ascending, often green or straw colored, 7–12-veined, veins running into beak, ovate, (3.6–) 4–7.5(–8.2) × 1.7–3.5(–4.5) mm, 2–3.5 times as long as wide, papery, apex contracted; beak distinct, 1.1–2.6 mm, bidentulate, smooth, teeth straight, 0.3–0.9 mm. <b>Stigmas</b> 3. <b>Achenes</b> yellow to pale brown, symmetric, not indented, trigonous, smooth. <b>2n</b> = 70, 74, 82, 88.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting May–Aug.
|habitat=Swamps, wet thickets, wet depressions in forests, marshes, sedge meadows, bogs, stream, pond, and lakeshores, often in sites inundated in spring and dry during summer
|elevation=0–3300 m
|distribution=B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Calif.;Conn.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;N.H.;N.Y.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p><i>Carex vesicaria</i> hybridizes with <i>C. saxatilis</i> and, very rarely, with <i>C. hystericina</i> and <i>C. utriculata</i>.</p><!--
--><p><i>Carex vesicaria</i> as here treated broadly as a variable circumpolar species. K. K. Mackenzie (1931–1935) recognized a small segregate, <i>Carex</i> raeana Boott, but specimens referred here are either depauperate <i>C. vesicaria</i> or hybrids. T. V. Egorova (1999) recognized <i>C. vesicaria</i> as a Eurasian and North American species but also recognized a primarily North American C. monile, occuring locally in Asia as well. The two species were differentiated by characteristics of perigynium length and width, pistillate spike size, and beak and beak teeth size and proportions. The North American material is so variable in perigynium size and shape and inflorescence size that recognizing the two entities seems difficult. Further study of variation in North American material and the relationships of North American and Eurasian material are needed. Indeed, the complex is in need of detailed systematic study on a worldwide scale.</p>
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name=Carex vesicaria
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting May–Aug.
|habitat=Swamps, wet thickets, wet depressions in forests, marshes, sedge meadows, bogs, stream, pond, and lakeshores, often in sites inundated in spring and dry during summer
|elevation=0–3300 m
|distribution=B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Calif.;Conn.;Ind.;Ky.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;N.H.;N.Y.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Vesicariae
|species=Carex vesicaria
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