Carex peckii,[1] Peck's sedge,[2][3] Peck's oak sedge,[3] or white-tinged sedge,[3] is a species of sedge native to Canada[3] and the United States.[2][4]
Description
Carex peckii grows in loose clumps, spreading by rhizomes to create colonies.[5][6][4]
Range
Carex peckii is native to north-eastern, central and northern North America.[7]
Habitat
Carex peckii grows in association with trees.[8][6][5] It is found in dry to wet sites.[8][6]
Ecology
Carex peckii has been identified as a host of the rust fungi Uromyces perigynius.[9]
Etymology
The specific name 'peckii' commemorates Charles Horton Peck (1833-1917), an American mycologist.[10]
Taxonomy
The name Carex peckii was first published in the annual Report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the New York State Museum. Albany, NY, 47: 166 in 1894[11] in the report of the state botanist for the year 1893 written by Charles H. Peck.[12] The species is included in the list of additions to the herbarium of species not previously described. The species was described by Elliot C. Howe with additional specimens collected by Chester Dewey and Peter D. Knieskern. The type locality of this species is identified as New York.[11] Carex peckii belongs to Carex sect. Acrocystis.[4]
References
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^ "Carex peckii (Peck's Sedge)". iNaturalist.ca. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
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^ a b USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Carex peckii Howe". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
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^ a b c d Brouillet, L.; Coursol, F.; Meades, S.J.; Favreau, M.; Anions, M.; Bélisle, P.; Desmet, P. "Carex peckii Howe". VASCAN, the Database of Vascular Plants of Canada. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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^ a b c Mastrogiuseppe, Joy, Paul E. Rothrock, A. C. Dibble, & A. A. Reznicek (2002). "Carex peckii". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 2021-12-04 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
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^ a b "Carex peckii (Peck's Sedge): Minnesota Wildflowers". www.minnesotawildflowers.info. Minnesota Wildflowers. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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^ a b c Johnston, Barry (2001). Field guide to sedge species of the Rocky Mountain Region The genus Carex in Colorado, Wyoming, western South Dakota, western Nebraska, and western Kansas (PDF). Denver, Colorado: United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service. p. 161. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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^ "Carex peckii Howe". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
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^ a b Reznicek, A. A.; Voss, E. G.; Walters, B. S., eds. (February 2011). "Carex peckii". Michigan Flora Online. University of Michigan Herbarium. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
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^ "Peck's sedge data - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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^ "Carex peckii (Peck's sedge): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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^ a b "Carex peckii Howe". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
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^ "Annual report of the Regents. New York State Museum, University of the State of New York". 47. J.B. Lyon, State Printer. 1894.
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