Carex Aquatilis Wahlenberg, p. 49

101 Carex aquatilis, Wahlenberg

Sterile spikes 2 or 3, oblong, lowest sessile;
fertile 3 to 5, sometimes staminate above, club-shaped,
erect, sessile or the lowest slightly pedunculate, densely
flowered; one or two of the lowest bracts exceeding
the culm; perigynia ovate-elliptical, stalked,
nerveless, obtuse, glabrous, about the length of
the lanceolate black scale; culm sharply
triangular, rough toward the top, a little
longer than the leaves, two to three feet
high. Flowers in May. Wet
meadows.

Plate X fig 2 - a A fertile spike; b
perigynia; c same distorted; d fertile
flower; e the sterile flower.

Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and
about Lake Superior. Extends north
to the Arctic regions and East to the N. England
states.

This is another of the species the narrow
leaves of which makes fine wild hay; but
it is not a very common species in
our natural meadows.

101 Carex aquatilis, Wahlenberg

Sterile spikes 2 or 3, oblong, lowest sessile;
fertile 3 to 5, sometimes staminate above, club-shaped,
erect, sessile or the lowest slightly pedunculate, densely
flowered; one or two of the lowest bracts exceeding
the culm; perigynia ovate-elliptical, stalked,
nerveless, obtuse, glabrous, about the length of
the lanceolate black scale; culm sharply
triangular, rough toward the top, a little
longer than the leaves, two to three feet
high. Flowers in May. Wet
meadows.

Plate X fig 2 - a A fertile spike; b
perigynia; c same distorted; d fertile
flower; e the sterile flower.

Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and
about Lake Superior. Extends north
to the Arctic regions and East to the N. England
states.

This is another of the species the narrow
leaves of which makes fine wild hay; but
it is not a very common species in
our natural meadows.