Carex abrupta
{{Short description|Species of plant in the sedge family}}
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|genus = Carex
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|parent = Carex sect. Ovales
|species = abrupta
|authority = Mack.
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Carex abrupta is a species of sedge known by the common name abrupt-beaked sedge or abruptbeak sedge. It is native to the western United States from California to Idaho,{{Cite web |title=Carex abrupta Mack. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:45659-2 |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}} where it grows in moist mountain habitat such as meadows and slopes.{{Cite web |title=EcoFlora - Carex abrupta |url=https://biokic3.rc.asu.edu/seinet/ecoflora/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=45333&clid=4440 |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=biokic3.rc.asu.edu}}
Description
This perennial sedge forms a dense, erect clump, the stems of which may reach up to 70 centimeters in height.{{Cite web |title=OregonFlora |url=https://oregonflora.org/taxa/index.php?taxon=3613 |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=oregonflora.org}} Leaves are basal, with whitish sheaths, and with 3 to 6 blades per fertile culm.{{Cite web |title=FNA: Carex abrupta vs. Carex acutiformis |url=https://nwwildflowers.com/compare/?t=Carex+abrupta,+Carex+acutiformis |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=nwwildflowers.com}} The inflorescence is a rounded cluster of spikes 1 to 2 centimeters wide. Each fruit is surrounded by a sac called a perigynium. This is boat-shaped to scoop-shaped with a very narrow, cylindrical beak, which is coppery red to dark brown in color.
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External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=1506 Calflora: Carex abrupta (Abrupt beaked sedge)]
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=17207 Jepson Manual (TJM2) treatment of Carex abrupta]
- [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357016 Flora of North America]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Carex+abrupta Carex abrupta - Photo gallery]
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Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Plants described in 1917
Category:Taxa named by Kenneth Kent Mackenzie
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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