Carex acuta
Carex acuta, the acute sedge, slender tufted-sedge,[2] or slim sedge, 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.
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. acuta |
| Binomial name | |
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Carex acuta f. prolixa (Fries) Sylven | |
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.[3]
References
- "Carex acuta L." Nomenclatural Data Base. Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO with Web TROPICOS. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- "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.
- 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.
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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.