General:
Perennial herb from stout, creeping, scaly, fibre-covered rhizomes; stems 30-80 cm tall, arising singly or a few together, longer than the leaves.
Leaves:
Sheaths tight, green-lined on the outside towards the bases; blades 2 to 4 per stem, widely separated, 2.5-5 mm wide, the lower ones reduced to scales.
Flowers:
Spikes 20 or more, densely aggregated into a more or less cylindrical, 2- to 5-cm long head, the spikes only distinguishable below, broadly egg-shaped, 6-9 mm long, unstalked, with both female and male flowers, the male flowers towards the tips; bracts broadly egg-shaped, translucent, the lowest ones with prolonged tips, sometimes as long as the inflorescence.
Fruits:
Perigynia, broadly lanceolate to egg-shaped, 2.3-4 mm long, 1.5-1.9 mm wide, plano-convex, appressed, straw-coloured or light brown, smooth, finely several-nerved, finely-toothed, the beaks short, dorsally cleft, about 1/4 the length of the bodies or less; female scales broadly egg-shaped, slightly shorter and narrower than the perigynia, pointed, reddish-brown, the midribs green, the margins translucent; stigmas 2; achenes lens-shaped, smooth, 1.2-2 mm long.
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
1076 | 808 | 1410 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
0 | 0 | 10 |
Aspect (degrees) |
207 | 145 | 270 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
6 | 5 | 8 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
E | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
20 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SBPS | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
IDF(8), MS(1), SBPS(10), SBS(1) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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