Carex fumosimontana
| Carex fumosimontana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Section: | Carex sect. Phacocystis |
| Species: | C. fumosimontana
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| Binomial name | |
| Carex fumosimontana D.Estes[1]
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Carex fumosimontana, the Great Smoky Mountain sedge, is a species of sedge endemic to the Great Smoky Mountains in the southeastern United States.[1] It was first formally described in 2013 by American botanist Dwayne Estes in Brittonia.[2][3]
It is part of the Carex crinita complex within the section Carex sect. Phacocystis.[2] It is a small complex of species characterized in part by their thick, pendulous spikes, rough, three-veined pistillate scales, leaves over 2 mm in width, and ladder-fibrillose sheathes. Carex fumosimontana is most similar to Carex gynandra, but can be distinguished from other species in this complex by a combination of the following characters: dark reddish brown pistillate scales, reddish sheaths, elliptical rather than ovate perigynia, and smooth or minutely papillose perigynia.[2]
Carex fumosimontana occurs in openings within the spruce-fir forests of the Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina and Tennessee. It is found in mesic sedge meadows and seeps at the edge of rock outcrops.[2] The name is from the Latin for "smoky" and "mountain", in reference to the type locality.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Carex fumosimontana D.Estes". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
- ^ a b c d Estes, Dwayne (20 June 2013). "Carex fumosimontana (Cyperaceae), a new endemic from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee". Brittonia. 65 (2): 200–207. doi:10.1007/s12228-012-9269-6. S2CID 13074898.
- ^ "Carex fumosimontana D.Estes". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-12-21.