Carex eburnea

Boott in W. J. Hooker

in W. J. Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 226, plate 225. 1839.

Common names: Carex ivoirin
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 554. Mentioned on page 553, 555.
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Culms 7–31 cm. Leaf blades involute, bristlelike, 3–21 cm × 0.2–1 mm. Inflorescences: proximal bract sheaths 2.5–8 mm; pistillate spikes 3–7 × 1.5–6 mm; staminate spikes 3–10 × 0.5–1.5 mm, inconspicuous. Scales: pistillate scales white-hyaline, with green or brown midvein, ovate to ovate-circular, 1–2 × 0.7–1.4 mm, shorter than or equaling perigynia; staminate scales, white-hyaline, with broad hyaline margins, elliptic-oblanceolate, 2.6–4 × 0.7–2 mm, apex obtuse or subacute. Anthers 1.3–1.8 mm. Perigynia light green becoming dark brown and glossy, 1.5–2.2 × 0.7–1.1 mm; beak 0.2–0.4(–0.5) mm. Achenes ellipsoid-obovoid.


Phenology: Fruiting late spring–mid summer.
Habitat: Usually in conifer or mixed forests, occasionally fens, stable dunes and alvar, on neutral or calcareous substrates
Elevation: 0–2000 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Ala., Alaska, Ark., Conn., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Pa., S.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis., c Mexico.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Peter W. Ball +
Boott in W. J. Hooker +
Carex ivoirin +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Ala. +, Alaska +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Ky. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, S.C. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +  and c Mexico. +
0–2000 m +
Usually in conifer or mixed forests, occasionally fens, stable dunes and alvar, on neutral or calcareous substrates +
Fruiting late spring–mid summer. +
in W. J. Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
Illustrated +
Carex eburnea +
Carex sect. Albae +
species +