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Carex aquatilis subsp. stans

  • Family name: Cyperaceae
  • Common name: water sedge
  • Growth form: Graminoid
  • Names used on the Toolik-Arctic Geobotanical Atlas maps:
    • Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map: Carex aquatilis ssp. stans

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  1. Carex aquatilis subsp. stans, water sedge
  2. Close-up of developing inflorescence. Small plant growing on the edge of an Eriophorum angustifolium meadow. Developing inflorescences with the stigmas appearing fully extended and pre-anthesis anthers.
    N.W.T., Banks Island, Aulavik National Park, 11 July, 1999. Canada.
    Image author: Susan G. Aiken ?
    Website: Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
    Source of original image

  1. Carex aquatilis subsp. stans, water sedge
  2. Close-up of inflorescence. Terminal spike with prominent anthers. Base of the spike showing perigynia each with two stigmas.
    Sciresby Bay, Ellsmere Island, Canada, 1998.
    Image author: Mollie MacCormac ?
    Website: Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
    Source of original image

  1. Carex aquatilis subsp. stans, water sedge
  2. Close-up of plant. Plants about ten cm. high with flowering spikes at anthesis.
    Nunavut, Ellesmere Island, Scoresby Bay. S.G. Aiken 98-010, Canada. 1998
    Image author: Mollie MacCormac ?
    Website: Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
    Source of original image

  1. Carex aquatilis subsp. stans, water sedge
  2. Close-up of plants. Plants growing on silt near a pond. Leaf associated with the inflorescence extending beyond it. Terminal spike male, at anthesis. Lower spikes female.
    Sachs Harbour, Banks Island, Canada, 7/24/81
    Image author: J.M. Gillett ?
    Website: Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
    Source of original image