Photo 8903161, (c) Sean Blaney, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sean Blaney

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What

Estuary Sedge (Carex recta)

Observer

seanblaney

Date

July 7, 2017 09:35 AM ADT

Description

I have now keyed a specimen of this out vs. C. vacillans, and am confident that it is C. recta. The dark margins of the pistillate scales are ~bronzy-brown (vs. almost purple-black in C. vacillans) and with a broad pale zone (>33% of total width at bottom). The perigynia are nerveless or very obscurely nerved (vs. distinctly 3-5 nerved in C. vacillans) and lacking scabrules at the beak. The achenes are strongly folded on one face.

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