Carex stipata

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 stipata
Varietates: C. s. var. maxima – C. s. var. stipata
Name

Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 233 (1805).
Synonyms

Homotypic
Vignea stipata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Rchb. in J.C.Mössler & H.G.L.Reichenbach, Handb. Gewächsk. ed. 2, 3: 1620 (1830).
Loncoperis stipata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Raf., Good Book: 27 (1840).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Qubec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Continental: Asia-Temperate
China South-Central, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Primorye

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

Willdenow, C.L. 1805. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 4, pars 1. pp. [1]–629. Berolini: G.C. Nauk. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 233.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex stipata in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Carex stipata. Published online. Accessed: Feb 03 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex stipata in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 03. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Carex stipata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Feb 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex stipata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
English: awlfruit sedge, Awl-fruited sedge, Common fox sedge, Stalk-grain sedge
français: Carex stipité
日本語: オオカワズスゲ
русский: Осока стеснённая
中文: 海绵基薹草

Carex stipata, variously called the prickly sedge, awl-fruited sedge, awlfruit sedge, owlfruit sedge, swamp sedge, sawbeak sedge, stalk-grain sedge and common fox sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Canada, the United States, China, Korea, Japan, and Far Eastern Russia.[3][4][5][2] It is a wetland obligate.[6]
Subtaxa

The following varieties are currently accepted:[2]

Carex stipata var. maxima Chapm. ex Boott
Carex stipata var. stipata

References

Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 233 (1805)
"Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
"Carex stipata (Awl-fruited Sedge)". MinnesotaWildflowers.info. Minnesota Wildflowers. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
"Swamp Sedge (Carex stipata) in the Sedges Database". Plants Database. The National Gardening Association. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
"Carex stipata". Plants of Louisiana. USGS. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
Hough-Snee, Nate; Cooper, Derrick D. (2011). "Perigynium removal improves seed germination in awl-fruit sedge (Carex stipata)". Native Plants Journal. 12: 41–44. doi:10.3368/npj.12.1.41. S2CID 86328732.