Carex acuta

Carex acuta
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. acuta
Binomial name
Carex acuta L.
Synonyms
List Carex acuta f. prolixa(Fries) Sylven Carex fuscovaginataKük Carex graciliformisV.I. Krecz. Carex gracilisR. Br Carex prolixa Carex saxatilis laxa (Trautv.) Kalela [1] Carex strictaGooden., non Lam. Carex hudsoniiA.Benn. [2]

Illustration of Carex acuta

Carex acuta (common names acute sedge, slender tufted-sedge, ^[2] or slim sedge) is a perennial, tussock-forming plant in the Carex, or sedge family.

Description

Carex acuta is a tuft-forming, slender, rhizomatous plant with narrow, flat leaves reaching up to 90 cm in height. Stems are three-angled. Inflorescence is a spike, with brown flowers appearing in late spring and summer. ^{[3] [4]}

Distribution and habitat

It can be found growing on the margins of rivers and lakes ^[2] in the Palaearctic terrestrial ecoregions in beds of wet, alkaline or slightly acid depressions with mineral soil.

Carex acuta does not tolerate prolonged desiccation. The community is distributed, in particular, in northern France, the Low Countries, Central Europe south to the Sava and Drava valleys of Croatia, the northern Morava valley of Serbia and Romania, north to Poland, the Kaliningrad District, Lithuania and Latvia, in southern Scandinavia, in the Dnieper basin of northern Ukraine and southern Belarus, in the lower Volga Valley. ^[5]

References

1. "Carex acuta L." Nomenclatural Data Base. Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO with Web TROPICOS. Archived from the original on August 2, 2013. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
2. "Flora of Northern Ireland". Vascular Plant Database for Northern Ireland. National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland and Environment and Heritage Service. 2000–2004. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
3. "Carex acuta | slender-tufted sedge Herbaceous Perennial/RHS". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
4. "Slender Tufted-sedge | NatureSpot". www.naturespot.org. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
5. European Environment Agency (EEA), Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C. (2001). "Factsheet for Slender tufted sedge beds". EUNIS biodiversity database. Retrieved 2007-12-31.

External links

• Media related to Carex acuta at Wikimedia Commons
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee (1958–1998). "Observations of Slender Tufted-sedge Carex acuta". Wildlife Statistics Online. Retrieved 2011-04-06.^{[ permanent dead link ]}