Carex flava

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Carex flava
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. flava
Binomial name
Carex flava
Synonyms [2]
List
    • Anithista flava(L.) Raf.
    • Carex echinataLam.
    • Carex flava subsp. alpina(Kneuck.) O.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo
    • Carex flava var. barreraeO.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo
    • Carex flava var. fertilisPeck
    • Carex flava var. gaspensisFernald
    • Carex flava var. graminisL.H.Bailey
    • Carex flava f. graminis(L.H.Bailey) Scoggan
    • Carex flava var. laxior(Kük.) Gleason
    • Carex flavellaV.I.Krecz.
    • Carex flavofulvaBeurl.
    • Carex foliosaAll.
    • Carex laxior(Kük.) Mack.
    • Carex lepidocarpa var. laxiorKük.
    • Carex nevadensis subsp. alpina(Kneuck.) Podlech
    • Carex patulaHost
    • Carex uetliacaSuter
    • Carex viridisHonck.
    • Proteocarpus flavus(L.) Fedde & J.Schust.
    • Trasus flavus(L.) Gray

Carex flava, called hedgehog grass or large yellow sedge, is a widespread species of sedge (genus Carex, family Cyperaceae ), native to the northern United States, Canada, Iceland, Europe, the Atlas Mountains in Africa, the Transcaucasus area, and parts of Siberia. [2] [3] It gives its name to the Carex flava species complex. [4]

Distribution and habitat

Carex flava favours calcareous mires and damp woodland conditions. It thrives on peaty soil flushed by calcareous water from adjacent limestone outcrops. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Sp. Pl.: 975 (1753)
  2. 1 2 "Carex flava L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Carex flava hedgehog grass". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 31 December 2020. Other common names; marsh hedgehog grass, yellow sedge, large yellow sedge
  4. ↑ Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro; Benítez-Benítez, Carmen; Fernández-Mazuecos, Mario; Martín-Bravo, Santiago (2017). "Cut from the same cloth: The convergent evolution of dwarf morphotypes of the Carex flava group (Cyperaceae) in Circum-Mediterranean mountains". PLOS ONE. 12 (12) e0189769. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1289769J. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189769 . PMC   5744957 . PMID   29281689.
  5. ↑ "PlantAtlas". plantatlas2020.org. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
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