Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges: An Introduction to the Genus Carex (Cyperaceae)Sedges are among the world’s most diverse and ecologically important plant families, with almost two hundred species in Wisconsin alone. These grass-like plants, found mostly in wetlands, are increasingly popular with landscapers and home gardeners. Learning to identify sedges is challenging, however, and the available technical guides to the sedge family can be overwhelming to a nonspecialist. Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges is a beautifully illustrated introduction to the largest sedge genus, Carex, which alone makes up about 7 percent of the flora of the upper Midwest. Written primarily for naturalists, wild plant enthusiasts, and native landscapers, this book is unique in its accessible format and illustrations. With this book, readers can learn to recognize key structures needed to identify approximately 150 Carex species found in Wisconsin. Author Andrew Hipp shows how to identify many of the major groupings of sedges that are used in guides to the genus throughout the world. Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges includes information on habitat and range drawn from Hipp’s extensive field experience and inspection of thousands of herbarium sheets. Primarily an identification guide, the book is also a valuable source of habitat information for landscapers, gardeners, and restorationists. Features: • Keys to all Wisconsin Carex species, arranged by section • Distribution maps for all species • Species descriptions and detailed habitat information for more than 50 common species • Color illustrations of whole plants or details for more than 70 species • Appendix summarizing dominant Carex species by Wisconsin habitat • A glossary of terms • Water-resistant paperback cover |
Contents
Keys and Abbreviated Descriptions of Wisconsin Carex Sections and Species | 25 |
Field Guide to Wisconsin Carices | 95 |
Appendix A | 211 |
Appendix B | 221 |
Glossary | 251 |
257 | |
261 | |
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Field Guide to Wisconsin Sedges: An Introduction to the Genus Carex (Cyperaceae) Andrew L. Hipp No preview available - 2008 |
Common terms and phrases
achene androgynous apex arching ascending basal leaf sheaths base beakless bogs bract bract sheaths brown canescens Carex muskingumensis cm long common conspicuously cross-section Cyperaceae Dewey distinguished Door County elongate ex Willdenow fens fibrous floodplains foliose fruits June genus glabrous gracillima green gynandra Habitat hyaline inflorescence inner band inner face L. H. Bailey ladder-fibrillose Lateral spikes pistillate leaf blades leptalea ligule long as wide loosely cespitose lowest bract lowest spike lupulina Mackenzie margins marsh maturity mesic forests northern Wisconsin occasionally papillose pellita pensylvanica perigynia perigynium beak perigynium body perigynium of Carex pistillate scales pistillate spikes Plants cespitose Plants densely cespitose pubescent rhizomes rhizomes short rosea sandy scabrous sedge meadows SEDGE section shoots arising singly Similar species slender spongy stalks staminate staminate spike Stigmas stricta subgenus summit swamps tall tapering tenera Terminal spike staminate tribuloides trisperma usually utriculata vegetative culms vegetative shoots veinless wet prairies wetlands widest leaf blades woods