Biology:Carex stipata

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Short description: Species of grass-like plant

Carex stipata
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Developing seeds
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Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. stipata
Binomial name
Carex stipata
Muhl. ex Willd.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Loncoperis stipata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Raf.
  • Vignea stipata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Rchb.

Carex stipata, variously called the prickly sedge, awl-fruited sedge, awlfruit sedge, owlfruit sedge, swamp sedge, sawbeak sedge, stalk-grain sedge and common fox sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Canada, the United States, China, Korea, Japan, and Far Eastern Russia.[3][4][5][2] It is a wetland obligate.[6]

Subtaxa

The following varieties are currently accepted:[2]

  • Carex stipata var. maxima Chapm. ex Boott
  • Carex stipata var. stipata

References

  1. Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 233 (1805)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20008061-1. 
  3. "Carex stipata (Awl-fruited Sedge)". Minnesota Wildflowers. https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/grass-sedge-rush/awl-fruited-sedge. 
  4. "Swamp Sedge (Carex stipata) in the Sedges Database". The National Gardening Association. https://garden.org/plants/view/80765/Swamp-Sedge-Carex-stipata. 
  5. "Carex stipata". USGS. https://warcapps.usgs.gov/PlantID/Species/Details/3949. 
  6. Hough-Snee, Nate; Cooper, Derrick D. (2011). "Perigynium removal improves seed germination in awl-fruit sedge (Carex stipata)". Native Plants Journal 12: 41–44. doi:10.3368/npj.12.1.41. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4338350 entry