FESCUE SEDGE
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Carex brevior (Dewey ) Mack.
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| Riley County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 1 - 3 feet tall |
| Family: Cyperaceae - Sedge Family |
| Flowering Period: April, May |
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| Culms: | | Erect, stiff, sharply triangular, angles rough or smooth, bases of old leaves often persisting. | | Leaves: | | Blades 3-6, flat, ascending, shorter than culms, less than 1/6 inch wide, firm, pale green, glabrous; margins rough. | | Sheaths: | | Tight, inner surfaces with narrow transparent band. | | Inflorescences: | | To 2 inches long, spikes 3-10, crowded or separated, sessile, egg-shaped to nearly round, 1/4 to 3/5 inch long, green, bisexual, pistillate flowers above staminate flowers; lowest bract bristle-like, upper bracts scale-like; pistillate scales lanceolate; tips pointed; perigynia 8-20 per spike, round, green, outer face strongly nerved, inner face nerveless; beaks 2-toothed; margins winged. | | Fruits: | | Achenes, lens-shaped, yellowish brown, 1-seeded; stigmas 2, reddish brown. | | Habitat: | | Sandy prairies, meadows, ditches, and woodlands, most abundant in dry, disturbed areas. | | Distribution: | | Throughout Kansas. | | Comments: | | Carex brevior closely resembles Carex molesta. The 2 species occasionally intergrade. |
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