Taxon:
Carex oligocarpa Willd.
Family: Cyperaceae
Collector:
Cochrane, Theodore S.; Cochrane, Barbara A. 11368
Date: 1986-06-21
Verbatim Date: 1986-06-21
Locality:
United States, Wisconsin, Green, Abraham's Woods, S side of Oliver Rd. off Wis. Hwy. 59, 3 mi. (airline distance) SW of Albany
Verbatim Coordinates:
T03N R09E sec31 SW4SW4;
Habitat:
Old-growth southern mesic forest (Acer saccharum-Quercus rubra-Tilia americana-Q. alba); sedges on slightly exposed soil of small trailside knolls. Immediate assoc.: Carex blanda, C. grisea, C. oligocarpa, Geum canadense, Parthenocissus (?P. vitacea), and maple, oak, and elm seedlings. Nearby assoc.: Caulophyllum thalictroides, Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis, Geranium maculatum, and Viola pubescens.
Occurrence Remarks:
Cespitose (not as dense as C. blanda), medium-green (slightly darker in color than C. blanda, slightly lighter than C. grisea), with 1--9 erect sterile shoots and 2--20 ascending (distally arching) to wide-spreading fertile culms per clump.
Record Id: 07202a7c-b1f1-4575-a044-aa47379fd571
Occurrence ID (GUID):
b821c50e-56cc-480c-8c61-df6c09c1d022