Carex interrupta
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{{Short description|Species of plant}}
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| species = interrupta
| authority = Boeckeler
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Carex interrupta is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to south eastern parts of Canada and north eastern parts of the United States.{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:300336-1|title=Carex interrupta Boeckeler |access-date=20 November 2022 |publisher=Kew Science – Plants of the World Online}}
Description
The sedges tend not to spread forming a turf. They have obtusely angled glabrous culms that are {{cvt|20|to|75|cm}} in length. The leaves have red brown coloured sheaths around the base. The glabrous leaves have a U-shaped apex and are {{cvt|3|to|5|m}} wide. The inflorescence has a width of {{cvt|2|to|3|mm}} with erect spikes with four to seven spikes located near the point of attachment and one to two located at the end. The spikes are {{cvt|4|to|9|cm}} in length and {{cvt|3|to|4|mm}} wide.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000347759|title=Carex interrupta Boeckeler |access-date=20 November 2022 |publisher=World Flora Online}} It fruits between July and August.{{cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357260|title=Carex interrupta Boeckeler |access-date=20 November 2022|work=Flora of North America |publisher= efloras.org}}
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by the botanist Johann Otto Boeckeler in 1876 as a part of the work Linnaea.{{cite web|url=http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/9901603|title=Carex interrupta Boeckeler |access-date=20 November 2022 |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden|work=Tropicos}} It has three synonyms;
Distribution
The plant is usually found growing in sandy soils along rivers and in wet meadows in temperate biomes with a range that extends from British Columbia in the north down to Oregon in the south.