Carex cespitosa

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Carex cespitosa
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Inflorescence
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Tufted (caespitose) growth form
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. cespitosa
Binomial name
Carex cespitosa
L.

Carex cespitosa (Tuft carex) is a species of perennial sedge of the genus Carex which can be found growing in tufts (caespitose), as the Latin specific epithet cespitosa suggests. [1] The name is synonymous with Carex cespitosa f. retorta. [2]

The species is able to hybridise with the common sedge ( Carex nigra ) to produce a plant 20–50 centimetres (8–20 in) tall, flowering from May to June. [3] The species can be found in all of Scandinavia, ranging from common to rare, and central parts of Europe, becoming rare to the west and towards the Mediterranean, and including isolated locations in Great Britain and the Iberian Peninsula. [1] [4]

The species is often found in a mosaic with other Carex, but can become almost entirely dominant. It grows in very moist soil. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 C. A. M. Lidman (1917–1926). Bilder ur Nordens Flora. Stockholm. p. 441.
  2. "Carex cespitosa var. cespitosa". www.kew.org. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 17 August 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. Arne Anderberg. "Carex cespitosa L." Den virtuella floran. Swedish Museum of Natural History . Retrieved 17 August 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. Pedro Jiménez-Mejías; Andreas Hilpold; Božo Frajman; Mihai Puşcaş; Jacob Koopman; Attila Mesterházy; Vít Grulich; Kåre Arnstein Lye; Santiago Martín-Bravo (2014). "Carex cespitosa: reappraisal of its distribution in Europe" (PDF). Willdenowia . 44 (3): 327–343. doi:10.3372/wi.44.44303. hdl: 11250/276382 . S2CID   84236065.
  5. Lars Påhlsson (1995). Vegetationstyper i Norden. Nordiska Ministerrådet. ISBN   9789291205936 . Retrieved 17 August 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)