Carex mertensii

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Cariceae
Genus: Carex
Species: Carex mertensii
Varietates: C. m. var. mertensii – C. m. var. urostachys
Name

Carex mertensii J.D.Prescott ex Bong., Veg. Sitcha: 51 (1833).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Eastern Asia
Japan, Kuril Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Prescott, J.D. 1833. Mémoires de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. Sixième Série. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles 2(2): 168.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex mertensii in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Carex mertensii. Published online. Accessed: Jan 27 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex mertensii in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 27. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Carex mertensii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Jan 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex mertensii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
English: Mertens' sedge

rth America from Alaska to California to Montana, where it grows in moist and wet habitat in mountain forests and meadows. This sedge produces clumps of stems reaching maximum heights between 80 and 120 centimeters. The leaves are small; those toward the bases of the stems are reduced to sheaths only. The inflorescence is a densely packed, bullet shaped cluster of overlapping flowers, mainly hanging on long peduncles. Each inflorescence is generally 2 to 4 centimeters long. Each of the flowers has a dark-colored bract.