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Key to Carex, [26uu] Section 34 Squarrosae: section Squarrosae

Cyperaceae

Carex

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(c) Fleming, Gary P.
1 Terminal spike usually entirely staminate; pistillate scales with an awn equaling or surpassing the perigynium; achenes 1.2-2.1 mm long.
(c) Wilson, Jeff - CC-BY
(c) Ward, Scott G
(c) Marcum, Paul
  2 Pistillate scales 0.4-0.9 (-1.1) mm wide, the body wide and translucent; staminate scales 0.9-1.6 mm wide, tightly imbricate in the spike; plants colonial, long-rhizomatous
(c) Kinser, Abel - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
(c) Wang, Zihao - CC-BY
(c) Wang, Zihao - CC-BY
  2 Pistillate scales 0.1-0.4 mm wide, the body narrow and indistinct; staminate scales 0.3-0.8 mm wide, irregularly imbricate with spreading tips; plant cespitose, short-rhizomatous
(c) Fleming, Gary P.
1 Terminal spike gynecandrous, mainly pistillate; pistillate scales awnless, or with a short awn not surpassing the perigynium; achenes 2.0-3.0 mm long.
(c) Ward, Scott G
    3 Achene 1.9-2.5× as long as wide; style persistent, strongly kinked at the base; spikes 1-2 (-3) per stem
(c) Pogacnik, Shaun - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
    3 Achene 1.2-1.9× as long as wide; style deciduous, straight or slightly curved; spikes (1-) 2-4 (-6) per stem