Box 15, Folder 11: Grass like Plants of Wisconsin, 1855

103 Carex limosa, Linnaeus

Sterile spike solitary; fertile spikes one or two, oblong 10 to 20 flowered, occasionally with sterile flowers at the apex; bracts very narrow, the lowest shorter than the culm; perigynia ovate, about equalling the ovate mucronate scale. Culms 10 to 18 inches high. Flowers in May. Tamarac [tamarack] swamps.

Wisconsin, & Michigan. Found also in the N. England states, and north to the Arctic Regions.

104 Carex irrigua, Smith.

Syn. C. limosa var. irrigua, Wahl. C. paupercula Michx. C. lenticularis Dew (not of Michx)

Sterile spike solitary; fertile spikes 2 to 4, ovoid or oblong, occasionally sterile at the apex; lowest bract as wide as the leaves, longer than the culm; perigynia roundish-ovate, much shorter than the tapering pointed scale. Culms eighteen inches to two feet high; flowers in May. Tamarac [tamarack] swamps.

Wisconsin, Southern Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and about Lake Superior. Also in the arctic regions, and East ward to the N. England states.

105 Carex Buxbaumii, Wahlenberg.

Syn. C. canescens Boot. C. polygama Schk.

Sterile spike solitary, short stalked usually with fertile flowers in the middle; fertile spikes two or three approximate, oblong, sessile, bracteate; perigynium elliptical, obscurely nerved, obtusely triangular, obscurely nerved, about equal to the ovate mucronate scale. Culm one to two feet high; flowers in June. Wet grounds.

Wisconsin, Illinois, Southern Indiana, Michigan and about Lake Superior. Extends from North Carolina to the Arctic Region.

106 Carex Shortiana Dewey.

Sterile spike solitary, upper half fertile above; fertile three or four, cylindrical, erect, densely flowered, each with from 4 to 12 sterile flowers below, short stalked, perigynia broadly obovate, abruptly contracted at the base into a short stalk, a little longer than the ovate acute scale. Culm about two feet high, flowers in May. Marshes.

Illinois, Southern Indiana, & Ohio.

107 Carex aurea, Nuttall.

Syn. C. pyriformis Schw.

Sterile spike solitary, pedunculate often with a few fertile flowers at the top; Fertile spikes 3 or 4 oblong loosely flowered, the lowest often remote; bracts exceeding the culm; perigynia obovate or pear-shaped obtuse, smooth, slightly inflated, longer than the ovate acute scales; stigmas two; achenium lenticular. Culms 6 to 12 inches high, flowers in May. Wet springy places.

Along the shore of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin, where it was first discovered by Mr Nuttall; also in Michigan, and about Lake Superior. Extends Eastward to Massachusetts, and northward to the Arctic regions.