Carex microchaeta T. Holm
Small-awned Sedge (smallawned sedge)
Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Small-awned Sedge (smallawned sedge)
Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Carex microchaeta ssp. microchaeta
Species Information
General:
Perennial, tufted herb from short, stout rhizomes; stems 15-40 cm tall, exceeding the leaves.
Leaves:
Sheaths purplish-red towards the bases; blades flat, 2-6 mm wide, the lower ones not reduced.
Flowers:
Spikes 2 to 5, the terminal one with male flowers, the lower spikes 1 to 4, with female flowers, short-stalked, 0.6-2.5 cm long, erect, except the lowermost often long-stalked and nodding; bracts subtending the spikes sheathless, bristlelike to scalelike, shorter than the inflorescence.
Fruits:
Perigynia narrowly egg-shaped, 2.5-4 mm long, 1.2-1.8 mm wide, reddish-brown to purplish-black, nerveless, the beaks short, less than 0.5 mm long; female scales lanceolate, as long as and narrower than the perigynia, pointed at the tips, reddish-black, w
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Carex microchaeta
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1683 | 5 | 2350 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
17 | 0 | 65 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
194 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 0 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
283 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BAFA | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(1), BAFA(209), BWBS(2), ESSF(47), IDF(2), IMA(1), MS(2), PP(1), SBPS(3), SBS(1), SWB(8) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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