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|accepted_name=Carex granularis
|accepted_authority=Muhlenberg ex Willdenow
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=4(1): 279. 1805
|year=1805
}}
|common_names=Carex granuleux
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex granularis var. haleana
|authority=(Olney) Porter
|rank=variety
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|name=Carex haleana
|authority=Mackenzie
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex rectior
|authority=Britton
|rank=species
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|name=Carex shriveri
|authority=
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Granulares;Carex granularis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Carex sect. Granulares]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex granularis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 437, 442, 460
|treatment_page=page 441
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>short or inconspicuous. <b>Culms</b> in dense tufts, 13–70(–100) cm. <b>Leaves</b> not green, usually glaucous, cauline blades 2–27 cm × 1.2–5.3 mm. <b>Inflorescnecs</b>: peduncle of terminal spike 0.1–3.5 cm; bracts (middle and distal ones) overtopping spikes; ligule of proximal bract (2–)3–17.5(–26) mm; longest bract blade (per plant) of distal lateral spike 4.1–15.8 cm. <b>Proximal</b> spikes usually arising from distal 1/2 of culms, 6–27(–32) × 3–6 mm. <b>Terminal</b> spike 6–35(–43) mm, shorter than to barely exceeding and overlapping distal lateral spike. <b>Pistillate</b> scales ovate or ovateoblong, 1.4–2.5(–2.9) × 0.8–1.4 mm. <b>Staminate</b> scales with apex acute to acuminate or cuspidate. <b>Anthers</b> 1.6–2.9 mm. <b>Perigynia</b> olive to yellowish green or at age yellowish brown, elliptic- or oblong-ovoid to obovoid, 2.2–3.1(–3.7) × 1.2–1.8(–2) mm, 1.4–2.2(–2.4) times as long as thick; beak 0.1–0.3 mm, orifice nearly entire. <b>Achenes</b> 1.8–2.3 × 1–1.4 mm. <b>2n</b> = 36, 38, 40, 42.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting late spring–early summer (late Apr–Jul).
|habitat=Low, open ground, meadows, fens, glades, or shores, ditches, moist woods, and bottomland swamps, especially along borders, clearings, streams, trails, usually in clayey or marly soils, frequently weedy in limestone districts
|elevation=0–700 m
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Carex granularis</i> is widely distributed and common across the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada, but not on the Coastal Plain or in the high Appalachians. It varies not only in the dimensions and ultimate overall shape of the perigynia but also in less tangible features, such as texture, color, and amount of red speckling on the perigynia, prominence of perigynia veins, and papillosity of achene surface. One phase distinguished by the smaller, slightly less inflated, more ellipsoid perigynia with more pointed apices and finer veins has often been treated as C. haleana or C. shriveri; it intergrades rather freely with typical <i>C. granularis</i>. Because of the subtlety of the distinctions, the intergradation in morphology, and the difficulties presented by specimens in immature stages or distorted during preparation, we maintain <i>C. granularis</i> as a single variable species without infraspecific taxa. An apparent hybrid between <i>C. granularis</i> and <i>C. flaccosperma</i> Dewey or <i>C. glaucodea</i> Tuckerman ex Olney is known from one locality in Arkansas.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Carex granularis
|authority=Muhlenberg ex Willdenow
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Carex granularis var. haleana;Carex haleana;Carex rectior;Carex shriveri
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting late spring–early summer (late Apr–Jul).
|habitat=Low, open ground, meadows, fens, glades, or shores, ditches, moist woods, and bottomland swamps, especially along borders, clearings, streams, trails, usually in clayey or marly soils, frequently weedy in limestone districts
|elevation=0–700 m
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1805
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Granulares
|species=Carex granularis
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