Carex lyngbyei

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Carex lyngbyei
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. lyngbyei
Binomial name
Carex lyngbyei
Synonyms

Carex cryptocarpa
Carex cryptochlaena

Carex lyngbyei is a species of sedge known by the common name Lyngbye's sedge. It is native to the west coast of North America from Alaska to California, where it "is the common sedge of the Pacific coastal salt marshes." [1] It is also known from Greenland [2] [3] and Iceland. It prefers to grow in silty sediment rather than sand [4] and in habitat with brackish water, such as salt marshes. This sedge produces stems 25 centimeters to well over one meter tall from a network of long rhizomes. The leaves have reddish brown sheaths which do not have spots. The inflorescence produces stiff, nodding spikes on peduncles. The fruit is coated in a leathery yellowish brown sac called a perigynium. This is a pioneer species, one of the first plants to colonize the mud of tidal flats in its range. [5]

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References

  1. Flora of North America
  2. Grønlands flora. Tyge Wittrock Böcher (3. reviderede udgave ed.). København: P. Haase & Sons. 1978. ISBN   87-559-0385-1. OCLC   183098604.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Nordens flora. Bo Mossberg, Lennart Stenberg, Jon Feilberg, Anna Torsteinsrud, Victoria Widmark (Nye, udvidede og omarbejdede udgave ed.). Kbh.: Gyldendal. 2020. ISBN   978-87-02-28916-9. OCLC   1158895781.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. Carex Lyngbyei Soil Medium Experiment Archived April 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Washington Plant Data Sheet