| Carex vulpina | |
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| Botanical illustration | |
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| At the Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. vulpina |
| Binomial name | |
| Carex vulpina | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
List
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Carex vulpina, the true fox sedge, is a species in the genus Carex , native to Europe and western Asia. [2]
Carex vulpina can be identified by its reddish-brown inflorescence, appearing in June and July. It has sturdy, triangular stems, winged in cross-section, with bright green, flat leaves. It can reach 0.95m in height, [3] and is often confused with its relative Carex otrubae , the False Fox-sedge. [4]
Carex vulpina is widespread throughout Europe to Xinjiang. [5]
It favours a lowland wetland habitat, such as river banks, ditches and seasonally flooding meadows. [3] Though not considered to be a species of global concern, it is considered vulnerable in the UK. [6]
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large; botanists have described some 5,500 known species in about 90 genera – the largest being the "true sedges", with over 2,000 species.
Cyperus is a large genus of about 700 species of sedges, distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions.
Carex is a vast genus of over 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called true sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known as caricology.
Carex lasiocarpa is a broadly distributed species of wetland sedge sometimes known as woollyfruit sedge or slender sedge. It is considered a species of Least Concern by the IUCN Red List due to its extensive range with many stable populations.
Carex utriculata is a species of sedge known as Northwest Territory sedge,common beaked sedge or common yellow lake sedge.
Carex vesicaria is an essentially Holarctic species of sedge known as bladder sedge, inflated sedge, and blister sedge. It has been used to insulate footwear in Norway, Sweden and among the Sami people, and for basketry in North America.
Carex umbrosa, is a species of sedge native to Europe and Asia as far east as Japan.
Carex otrubae, the false fox-sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae.
Carex tuckermanii, commonly known as Tuckerman's sedge, is a species of true sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is a perennial plant native to North America.It owes its name to Edward Tuckerman, who was the first botanist to organize the genus Carex into natural groupings.
Carex careyana, commonly known as Carey's sedge, is a species of sedge found in the eastern United States and Ontario, Canada.
Carex annectens, sometimes called yellow-fruited fox sedge, is a species of sedge native to most of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. It is common in prairies and high-water table fallow fields. In the Chicago area, its coefficient of conservatism is 3, and in Michigan, it is only 1, indicating its relatively low fidelity to high quality habitats.
Carex bicolor, the bicoloured sedge, is a species of sedge native to North America, Northern Europe and Northern Asia. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed the plant's conservation status as being of least concern because it has a widespread distribution and faces no particular threats.
Carex elata, is a species of tussock-forming, grass-like plant in the Cyperaceae family. It is native to all of Europe, the Atlas Mountains of Africa, Turkey, Iran and Central Asia.
Carex remota, the remote sedge, is a species in the genus Carex, native to Europe, the Atlas Mountains in Africa, and western Asia. It is a riparian forest specialist. It is known as one of the most frequently hybridizing species of Carex, forming hybrids with C. appropinquata, C. arenaria, C. brizoides, C. canescens, C. divulsa, C. echinata, C. elongata, C. leporina, C. otrubae, C. paniculata, and C. spicata.
Carex flava, called hedgehog grass or large yellow sedge, is a widespread species of sedge, native to the northern United States, Canada, Iceland, Europe, the Atlas Mountains in Africa, the Transcaucasus area, and parts of Siberia. It is a synonym of the Carex flava species complex.
Carex pallescens, called pale sedge, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to the northeastern United States, eastern Canada, Iceland, Europe, Tunisia, and western Asia. It has unstable chromosome numbers.
Carex rupestris, called the curly sedge and rock sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to temperate and subarctic North America, Greenland, Iceland, Europe, and Asia.
Carex punctata, the dotted sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the Cyperaceae family. It is native to Macaronesia, northwest Africa, southern, central, and northern Europe, and Turkey. Its chromosome number is 2n=68.
Carex tenuiflora, the sparse-flowered sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae.
Carex xerantica, the dry sedge, dryland sedge, or white-scaled sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to western and central Canada, and the north-central United States. It can be found in a wide variety of habitats, including meadows, prairies, open woodlands, bluffs, sandy or rocky areas, and even talus slopes.
