Carex utriculata
{{Short description|Species of plant in the sedge family}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Carex
| parent = Carex sect. Vesicariae
| display_parents = 2
| species = utriculata
| authority = Boott
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- Carex ampullacea var. utriculata (Boott) J.Carey
- Carex inflata var. utriculata (Boott) Druce
- Carex rostrata subsp. utriculata (Boott) Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex rostrata var. utriculata (Boott) L.H.Bailey
- Carex vesicaria var. utriculata (Boott) Dewey
- Carex bullata subsp. laevirostris (Blytt ex Fr.) Fr.
- Carex bullata var. laevirostris Blytt ex Fr.
- Carex laevirostris (Blytt ex Fr.) Andersson
- Carex laevirostris f. gracilior Kük.
- Carex rhynchophysa Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.
- Carex rhynchophysa subsp. glauca Charit.
- Carex rhynchophysa subsp. lucida Charit.
- Carex robusta F.Nyl.
- Carex rostrata f. minor (Boott) Kük.
- Carex utriculata var. globosa Olney
- Carex utriculata var. minor Boott
- Carex utriculata var. sparsiflora Dewey
- Carex ventricosa Franch.
- Carex vesicaria subsp. lacustris Th.Fr.
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Carex utriculata is a species of sedge known as Northwest Territory sedge,{{PLANTS|id=CAUT|taxon=Carex utriculata|accessdate=2018-11-20}} common beaked sedge{{Cite web |title=Carex utriculata (Common Beaked Sedge): Minnesota Wildflowers |url=https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/grass-sedge-rush/common-beaked-sedge |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=www.minnesotawildflowers.info |language=en}} or common yellow lake sedge.{{cite book|last1=Wilhelm|first1=Gerould|last2=Rericha|first2=Laura|date=2017|title=Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis|publisher=Indiana Academy of Sciences}}
Distribution and habitat
This sedge is native to the northern half of North America, including most all of Canada and the northern United States, and down to montane California. It is also found in northern Europe and northern Asia.{{Cite web |title=Carex utriculata Boott {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47352-2 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}} It is a common plant in many types of wetland habitat.
Description
Carex utriculata produces stems exceeding {{cvt|1|m}} in maximum height from a thick network of long rhizomes. The inflorescence is a cylindrical mass of flowers up to about {{cvt|40|cm}} long with an accompanying leaf-like bract which is generally longer than the flower spike. Each inflorescence bears up to 200 developing fruits, each enclosed in a shiny green, golden, or brown perigynium. Carex utriculata was once considered a variety of Carex rostrata (Carex rostrata var. utriculata).
Carex utriculata lake-margin sedge close Heart Lake.jpg|Early-season, male above female spikes
Carex utriculata Lake-margin sedge Hamilton Lake.jpg|At Hamilton Lake edge, Sierra Nevada
References
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External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7928,7931,8073 Jepson Manual Treatment - Carex utriculata]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Carex+utriculata Carex utriculata - Photo gallery]
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Category:Flora of the United States
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)