Carex cryptolepis Mack.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Cyperaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Much like no. 154 [Carex flava L.]; stems 2–6 dm, surpassing the lvs, these 1.5–3.5 mm wide; pistillate scales lance-ovate, about equaling the perigynium-body, about the same color as the perigynium and thus inconspicuous; perigynia greenish to yellowish or golden-brown, 3.2–4.8 mm, abruptly contracted to the smooth beak 1.2–1.5 mm. Wet meadows and shores in calcareous districts; Nf. to Minn., s. to N.J., O., and Ind. (C. flava var. fertilis)