Biology:Carex brunnescens
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Subgenus: | Carex subg. Vignea |
| Section: | Carex sect. Glareosae |
| Species: | C. brunnescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir.
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Carex brunnescens, the brownish sedge[2] or green bog sedge,[3] is a species of plant in the sedge family (Cyperaceae). It has a circumboreal distribution, and is native to North America and Eurasia.[4] In the United States it is primarily found in the Northeast and Midwest extending south into the Appalachian Mountains, with disjunct populations westward in the Rocky Mountains.[5] It has a wide-ranging natural habitat, is in found in forests, bogs, fens, and rock outcrops.[4][6]
Carex brunnescens is morphologically variable across its wide range. It has a different morphology when growing in shade vs. sunlight. Shade growing specimens tends to be slender and weak-stemmed with green scales, and sun growing specimens tend to be stiffly erect with brown scales.[4] The degree of variation in this species warrants further taxonomic study.[4]
Showing green and arching shade form
References
- ↑ Mohlenbrock RH. (1999). Sedges: Carex. Southern Illinois University Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-8093-2074-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZGekaNQ4YAC&pg=PA93.
- ↑ "Carex brunnescens". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CABR15. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
- ↑ Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Carex brunnescens Flora of North America
- ↑ "Carex brunnescens", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Carex%20brunnescens.png, retrieved 11 January 2019
- ↑ "Carex brunnescens", Go Botany (New England Wildflower Society), https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/Carex/brunnescens/, retrieved 2019-01-11
Wikidata ☰ Q159243 entry
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