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Carex arctata

{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}}

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|image=Carex arctata 26 June 2018.jpg

|image_caption=In Ontario, Canada

|genus=Carex

|parent=Carex sect. Hymenochlaenae

|species=arctata

|authority=Boott

|synonyms_ref={{r|powo}}

|synonyms=*Carex arctata var. faxonii {{small|L.H.Bailey}}

  • Carex sylvatica {{small|Dewey}}

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Carex arctata, known as drooping woodland sedge, is a species of sedge native to eastern North America.{{r|usda}} It is sometimes called black sedge, compressed sedge, or drooping wood sedge.{{r|vascan}} It occurs from Manitoba to the Maritimes in Canada, south to northwestern North Carolina, and west to Minnesota.{{r|powo|weakley2018}} Carex arctata grows in bogs, hardwood forests, and spruce forests.{{r|weakley2018}}

Taxonomy

Carex arctata part of the section Carex sect. Hymenochlaenae.{{r|vascan}} It was first formally named by Francis Boott in 1839.{{r|tpl}}

Carex arctata and Carex castanea (chestnut sedge, also in C. sect. Hymenochlaenae) form a hybrid known as Carex × knieskernii (Knieskern's sedge).{{r|vascan}}{{r|vascancxcast}}

Conservation

It is endangered in several states: Indiana, Ohio, and New Jersey.{{r|usda}}

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|Carex arctata perigynia.jpg|Close-up of pistillate spikelets

|Carex arctata InsectImages 5548479.jpg|Culms are dark maroon at the base

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References

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{{cite web |title=Carex arctata Boott |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:298621-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |accessdate=13 June 2020}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-224597|title=Carex arctata Boott|publisher=The Plant List|year=2010|accessdate=6 December 2014}}

{{PLANTS |id=CAAR3 |taxon=Carex arctata |accessdate=6 June 2020}}

{{cite web |vauthors=Brouillet L, Desmet P, Coursol F, Meades SJ, Favreau M, Anions M, Bélisle P, Gendreau C, Shorthouse D, etal |date=2010 |title=Carex arctata |url=https://data.canadensys.net/vascan/taxon/4751 |website=Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN) |accessdate=13 June 2020}}

{{cite web |vauthors=Brouillet L, Desmet P, Coursol F, Meades SJ, Favreau M, Anions M, Bélisle P, Gendreau C, Shorthouse D, etal |date=2010 |title=Carex castanea |url=https://data.canadensys.net/vascan/taxon/4807 |website=Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN) |accessdate=13 June 2020}}

{{citation |last=Weakley |first=Alan S. |authorlink=Alan S. Weakley |title=Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, working draft of 20 August 2018 |date=2018 |publisher=University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill}}

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arctata

Category:Flora of Northern America

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