Carex peckii Howe
Peck's sedge
Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Peck's sedge
Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial, loosely tufted herb from short, spreading rhizomes; stems 10-60 cm tall, clustered, much longer than the leaves, reddish-purple at the bases.
Leaves:
Sheaths tight, persistent; blades flat, channeled towards the tips, smooth or somewhat rough, borne on the lower 1/3 of the stem, 1-1.5 mm wide, the lower ones slightly reduced.
Flowers:
Spikes 3 or 4, the terminal one unstalked, 10-13 mm long, with male flowers, the lower spikes 2 or 3, few-flowered, with female flowers, unstalked, erect to spreading; bracts subtending the female spikes leaflike, sheathless, from shorter than to longer than the inflorescence, the upper bracts reduced.
Fruits:
Perigynia elliptical to egg-shaped, 3-4 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, greyish or yellowish-green, convex, grey stiff-hairy, with 2 prominent marginal nerves, the bases short-stalked, the beaks short, 0.4-0.5 mm long, bidentate; female scales egg-shaped and pointed or sometimes short-awned, shorter than the perigynia, reddish-brown, with lighter midribs and translucent margins; stigmas 3; achenes 3-angled, smooth, 1.5-2 mm long.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Carex peckii
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 |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
875 | 658 | 1880 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
6 | 0 | 27 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
112 | 58 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 3 | 6 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
70 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SBS | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BAFA(1), BWBS(1), ESSF(1), IDF(3), SBPS(1), SBS(32) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Dry to mesic open forests in the montane zone; locally frequent in E BC south of 57degreeN; E to PQ and NS and S to ME, MA, PA, IN, IA, NE and CO.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng.
Carex nigromarginata var. elliptica (Boott) Gleason
Carex nigromarginata var. minor (Boott) Gleason