Eastern Mojave Vegetation Coll. No. 3293, Carex stipata.  
 

 

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Photographed 31 December 2024.

Plants of the Coal Creek Canyon Study Area
Jefferson County Open Space, Colorado, USA
Cyperaceae

Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd.  Saw Beaked Sedge.

Coal Creek Canyon Study Area, Lacey Parcel, Jefferson County, Colorado. Terrace above right bank of Coal Creek, about 45 m south of the creek, 1.29 km. west northwest of Coal Creek Canyon Fire Station #3, 14.9 km. north northwest of Golden. 39.87796°N, 105.29142°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2052 m. Stem sharply 3-angled. Bank of very small creek, also here: Lysimachia ciliata, Glyceria striata.

Collected by permit: Jefferson County Open Space, 2024, issued: Mar 6, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 3293. 3-Jul-2024

Coll. No. 3293, 3 July 2024, characters observed: Perennial sedge, robust, 65 cm., ridges scabrous below head; Leaves, 6 mm. wide, green, sheaths, white hyaline, cross rugulose; Inflorescence, 40 mm. × 10 mm. wide, #15± spikes, clustered; Spikes, identical appearing, unable to determine whether androgynous or gynecandrous; Bracts, proximal, 10 mm., <inflorescence; Pistillate scales, <perigynia; Perigynia, many, 4 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, flat adaxially, weakly winged, beak, 2 mm., sloping to tip, serrulate; Achene, 1.2 mm. × 1.3 mm. wide, biconvex, obovate; Stigmas, #2;

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