Carex leptalea
Bristle stalked sedge, Slender sedge Taxonomy
Synonyms: Subspecific taxa: Classification:
Other taxonomic & nomenclature sources: USDA Plants;  ITIS;  The Plant List;  IPNI Species Distribution
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Absent: Not known from county Medium confidence: Medium or unknown confidence; often old records or unverifiable observations Medium-high confidence: Often observations by expert botanists High confidence: Often vouchered herbarium records Planted / introduced: Native species introduced outside historic range, or only in planted locations within county (e.g., restorations) Historic / extirpated: Only historic records for the species; likely extirpated (Note that this category is not yet functional) North American distribution maps for this species: FLNA;  USDA Plants;  BONAP;  BISON
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Species Status
Status/Listing: No Information Notes: Origin: Native
Species Description
General: Monocot, perennial Roots: adventitious, fibrous Shoots: alternate leaf arrangment; simple leaf type; entire leaf margin; Parallel leaf venation; awl-shaped leaf shape Inflorescence: spike, head Flowers: unisexual, monoecious; 3 merous; incomplete, not petals, not sepals; hypogynous ovary position Fruit: achene Physiology: autotrophic Reproduction: sexual
Ecology & Natural History
Habitat: Species is distributed in wet meadows; swampy, calcareous, spring-fed meadows, and at the base of moist, shaded limestone ledges of bluffs and spring branches. ILPIN Notes: This is another boreal N. American species, apparently forced south during the ice ages; in parts of range, it is a relict. Aspect - culms less than or equal to leaves (flat or caniculate); scales of staminate spike basally united (connate), elongate. Perigynia and achene - achenes trigonous, stigmas 3, perigynia glabrous, few. Perigynia beakless, body ellipsoid-obovoid. Easily recognizable by: 1) fine, thread-like leaves; 2) single terminal spike of few-flowered; erect-appressed, beakless obovate- ellipsoid perigynia. Species is found in extreme NE counties and Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford cos. Spikes are androgynous. Functional Relationships:
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