Carex rossii

Last updated

Carex rossii
Carexrossii.jpg
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Subgenus: Carex subg. Carex
Section: Carex sect. Acrocystis
Species:
C. rossii
Binomial name
Carex rossii
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Carex brevipes W.Boott ex B.D.Jacks.
  • C. deflexa var. farwellii Britton
  • C. d. var. media L.H.Bailey
  • C. d. var. rossii(Boott) L.H.Bailey
  • C. diversistylis A.Roach
  • C. farwellii(Britton) Mack.
  • C. novae-angliae var. rossii(Boott ex Hooker) L.H.Bailey

Carex rossii, commonly known as Ross's sedge, is a hardy species of sedge that is often a pioneer species in areas with little or no established vegetation, or in places where disturbance has occurred. Ross's sedge grows in a variety of habitats throughout much of western North America, from Alaska to Ontario, south to New Mexico and California. It flowers in May and June. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Taxonomy

Carex rossii was first described by Francis Boott in Hooker's Flora Boreali-Americana (1839). The type locality was listed as "Hab. N. W. Coast. Douglas. Rocky Mountains. Drummond" (sic)". [6]

Description

Carex rossii produces a dense clump, or solid mat of slender stems up to about 40 centimetres (16 in) from a shallow network of rhizomes. The pale to dark green leaves are usually longer than the stems. The inflorescences contain one or more staminate flower spikes above more rounded pistillate spikes. The fruit is three-sided, and covered in a greenish or brownish perigynium. [3] [4]

Distribution and habitat

Carex rossii is native to, and sometimes abundant in, Alaska and subarctic Canada (Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon Territory); western Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan); and the contiguous U.S. (Arizona, California, Colorado, the Dakotas, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.) It is found only sporadically in Ontario, Michigan, and Nebraska. [2] [3] [7]

It grows in many habitat types, including wet and dry areas in forest, sagebrush, prairie, and alpine meadows. [3] [4] [8]

Related Research Articles

Carex amplifolia is a species of sedge known by the common name bigleaf sedge. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Montana to California, where it grows in wet and seasonally wet areas in coniferous forests.

<i>Carex disperma</i> Species of grass-like plant

Carex disperma is a species of sedge known by the common names softleaf sedge or two-seed sedge. It is native to much of the northern Northern Hemisphere, from Alaska to Greenland, most of Canada and the contiguous United States, and across Eurasia.

<i>Carex filifolia</i> Species of grass-like plant

Carex filifolia is a species of sedge known by the common name threadleaf sedge.

<i>Carex helleri</i> Species of grass-like plant

Carex helleri is a species of sedge known by the common name Heller's sedge. It is native to eastern California and western Nevada, where it grows on rocky mountain slopes and in other habitats.

<i>Carex heteroneura</i> Species of grass-like plant

Carex heteroneura is a species of sedge known by the common name different-nerve sedge. It is native to western Canada and the western United States, where it grows in moist mountain habitat such as forests and meadows.

<i>Carex hoodii</i> Species of grass-like plant

Carex hoodii is a species of sedge known by the common name Hood's sedge. It is native to western North America from Alaska to Nunavut to California to South Dakota, where it grows in dry to moist habitat in forests and on mountain slopes.

<i>Carex interior</i> Species of grass-like plant

Carex interior is a species of sedge known by the common name inland sedge. It is native to much of North America from Alaska to northern Mexico to the mid-Atlantic United States. It grows in wet habitat, most often in calcareous soils. This sedge produces clumps of stems approaching a meter in maximum height, with a few leaves at each stem. The inflorescence is an open array of star-shaped spikes of flowers covered with gold scales. The fruit is coated in a toothed, red-tipped perigynium.

<i>Carex luzulina</i> Species of grass-like plant

Carex luzulina is a species of sedge known by the common name woodrush sedge.

<i>Carex mertensii</i> Species of grass-like plant

Carex mertensii is a species of sedge known by the common name Mertens' sedge. It is native to western North 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.

<i>Carex multicaulis</i> Species of grass-like plant

Carex multicaulis is a species of sedge known by the common name manystem sedge. It is native to California, western Nevada, and southern Oregon, where it grows in chaparral and open forest montane habitats.

<i>Carex pachystachya</i> Species of grass-like plant

Carex pachystachya is a species of sedge known by the common name Chamisso sedge.

Carex petasata is a species of sedge known by the common name Liddon sedge.

<i>Carex phaeocephala</i> Species of grass-like plant

Carex phaeocephala is a species of sedge known by the common name dunhead sedge.

<i>Carex praegracilis</i> Species of grass-like plant

Carex praegracilis is a species of North American sedge known as clustered field sedge, field sedge, and expressway sedge. Carex praegracilis is cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade as lawn substitute and meadow-like plantings.

<i>Carex spectabilis</i> Species of grass-like plant

Carex spectabilis is a species of sedge known by the common name showy sedge.

<i>Carex utriculata</i> Species of grass-like plant

Carex utriculata is a species of sedge known as Northwest Territory sedge and common yellow lake sedge.

<i>Carex pensylvanica</i> Species of grass-like plant

Carex pensylvanica is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family commonly called Pennsylvania sedge. Other common names include early sedge, common oak sedge, and yellow sedge.

Carex garberi is a species of sedge known by the common names elk sedge and Garber's sedge native to North America.

<i>Carex vaginata</i> Species of grass-like plant

Carex vaginata is a species of sedge known by the common name sheathed sedge. It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout the northern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. It occurs in Alaska, throughout most all of Canada to Greenland and in Eurasia. In North America it occurs as far south as Minnesota and New York.

<i>Carex eburnea</i> Species of grass-like plant

Carex eburnea, known as ivory sedge, ebony sedge, and bristleleaf or bristle-leaved sedge, is a small and slender sedge native to North America, from Alaska and Newfoundland south to central Mexico.

References

  1. "Name - Carex rossii Boott synonyms". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden . Retrieved August 23, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Profile for Carex rossii (Ross' sedge)". PLANTS Database. USDA, NRCS . Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Anderson, Michelle D. (2008). "Carex rossii". Fire Effects Information System (online). Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer): U.S.D.A; Forest Service. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 Raymond Cranfill (1993). "Jepson Manual treatment for CAREX rossii". Jepson Manual Online. University & Jepson Herbaria; Regents of the University of California. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
  5. Flora of North America: Carex rossii
  6. "Plant Name Details for Carex rossii". IPNI . Retrieved August 23, 2010.
  7. "Carex rossii". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved August 23, 2010.
  8. Calflora: Carex rossii (Ross sedge)