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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Carex flava
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 975. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Yellow sedge;carex jaune
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex flava var. fertilis
|authority=Peck
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex flava var. gaspensis
|authority=Fernald
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex flava var. laxior
|authority=(Kükenthal) Gleason
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex laxior
|authority=
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Ceratocystis;Carex flava
|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. Ceratocystis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex flava]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 521, 523, 524
|treatment_page=page 525
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>cespitose. <b>Culms</b> straight, 10–75 cm. <b>Leaves</b> of flowering stems shorter than to slightly exceeding culms, 5–30 cm × 1.6–4.7(–5.8) mm; ligules on distal cauline leaves truncate or rounded. <b>Inflorescences</b>: peduncles of terminal spikes 0.4–5(–9) mm; bracts to 18.5 cm × (0.7–)2–4.5 mm; inner band of sheaths truncate or concave. <b>Spikes</b>: proximal pistillate spikes (1–)2–5, contiguous or approximate, globose to elliptic, 8–22 × 7.5–12.7 mm; terminal staminate spikes sessile or pedunculate, 9–22 × 1.1–3 mm. <b>Scales</b>: pistillate scales reddish brown, 2.3–3.9 × 0.9–1.4 mm; staminate scales reddish brown, ovate, margins narrowly whitish hyaline, apex obtuse. <b>Anthers</b> 1–2.1 mm. <b>Perigynia</b> reflexed, bright yellow at maturity, 4–6.3 × 1–1.9 mm, apex gradually narrowed; beak 1.3–2.7 mm, forming angle of (15–)26–72° with body, scabrous. <b>Achenes</b> 1.3–1.7 × 0.9–1.2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 60.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Moist to wet habitats, such as open meadows, fens, partially shaded shrub carrs, swamps, on lime-rich soils
|elevation=0–2000 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Alaska;Conn.;Idaho;Ind.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Wis.;Europe;Asia (Iran).
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Carex flava
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Carex flava var. fertilis;Carex flava var. gaspensis;Carex flava var. laxior;Carex laxior
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Moist to wet habitats, such as open meadows, fens, partially shaded shrub carrs, swamps, on lime-rich soils
|elevation=0–2000 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Alaska;Conn.;Idaho;Ind.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Wis.;Europe;Asia (Iran).
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_980.xml
|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Ceratocystis
|species=Carex flava
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