Carex aperta Boott

Columbian sedge (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Carex

Characteristics

Rhizome short, stoloniferous. Culms tufted, 60-70 cm tall, trigonous, rigid, smooth, scabrous above, clothed at base with reddish bladeless sheaths. Leaves shorter than culm, blades linear, ca. 3 mm wide, subflat, margins revolute. Involucral bracts leaflike, subequaling inflorescence, sheathless. Spikes 2 or 3; upper 1 or 2 spikes male, linear, 1-2.5 cm; remaining spikes female, cylindric, ca. 2 mm, densely many flowered, lower ones shortly pedunculate. Female glumes ferruginous-brown, lanceolate, 3-veined at middle, margins narrowly white hyaline. Utricles ferruginous-brown, shorter than glume, broadly elliptic or ovate-elliptic, inflated, 2.5-2.8 × ca. 1.8 mm, densely minutely papillose, nerveless except for 2 marginal veins, base rounded, apex abruptly contracted into a short smooth beak, orifice emarginate. Nutlets loosely enveloped; style base not thickened; stigmas 2.
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Plants not cespitose. Culms acutely angled, 15–90 cm, scabrous. Leaves: basal sheaths red-brown; sheaths of proximal leaves with blades, backs glabrous, fronts with pale brown spots, veinless, glabrous, apex U-shaped, membranous, colorless; blades 3–6 mm wide. Inflorescences: proximal bract subequal to inflorescence, 2–4 mm wide. Spikes: erect; proximal 2–3 spikes pistillate, 1.5–3.5 cm × 4–6 mm, base obtuse; terminal 1–2 spikes staminate. Pistillate scales red-brown, longer than perigynia, apex acute or acuminate, awnless. Perigynia divergent, olive-brown with red-brown spots on apical 1/2, veinless, inflated, loosely enclosing achenes, obovoid, 2.5–2.8 × 1.5–2 mm, dull, apex rounded, papillose; beak green, 0.1–0.3 mm. Achenes not constricted, dull. 2n = 54.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 0.65
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) 0.4
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Environment

Light 7-8
Soil humidity 8-8
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Soil acidity 4-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Distribution

Carex aperta world distribution map, present in Canada, China, and United States of America

Conservation status

Carex aperta threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:298590-1
WFO ID wfo-0000344466
COL ID R83M
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Carex accedens Carex aperta Carex bovina Carex turgidula Carex aperta f. concinnula Carex aperta f. hydroessa Carex aperta f. mimetica Carex acutina var. petrophila Carex acutina var. tenuior Carex stylosa var. virens Carex aperta var. umbrosa Carex aperta var. viridans