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Key to Carex, [26fff] Section 42 Mitratae: section Mitratae (Praecoces)
| 1 Plant cespitose; lowest inflorescence bract longer than the inflorescence; pistillate scales with an awn 1.0-3.5 mm long |
| 1 Plant from creeping rhizomes; lowest inflorescence bract much shorter than the inflorescence; pistillate scales acute to cuspidate |