Pagina 275 - Flora of the Southern Carnic Alps

275
900 Female spikes dark-
coloured 906
901
Utricles strongly
swollen. Stems with at
least 2 male spikes
902
901
Utricles not swollen.
Stem with a single
male spike
903
902
Utricles 4-5 mm long,
abruptly restricted in
the beak. Bracts
exceeding the
inflorescence
Carex rostrata
Stokes
902
Utricles 6-8 mm long,
progressively thinned
in the beak. Bracts c.
as long as the
inflorescence
Carex vesicaria L.
903
Female spikes at least
4 times as long as
wide. Plant of woody
sites
Carex sylvatica
Huds. subsp.
sylvatica
903
Female spikes less
than 4 times as long as
wide. Plants of wet
sites or pastures
904