Carex sylvatica

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Carex sylvatica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. sylvatica
Binomial name
Carex sylvatica

Carex sylvatica is a species of

garden plant, and has been introduced
to North America and New Zealand.

Description

Carex sylvatica "resembles a small

veins. The leaves have a slight keel, or are folded gently into an M-shape in cross-section.[1]

The top half or third of the stem bears the

spikes and a single apical male spike,[1] which may include a few female flowers at its base.[3] The female spikes are each 2.0–6.5 cm (0.8–2.6 in) long, and are held dangling on long, rough peduncles, arising from within a long leaf-sheath.[1] The male spike is much thinner, and is 1–4 cm (0.4–1.6 in) long.[1]

Taxonomy

Carex sylvatica was

Flora Anglica.[4] Hybrids have been reported between C. sylvatica and C. strigosa (in France) and between C. sylvatica and C. hirta (in Austria).[3] Its English common name is "wood-sedge",[1] or, in North America, "European woodland sedge".[3]

Distribution and ecology

Carex sylvatica is found across Europe, and into parts of Asia, as far east as Iran.[5] It has also been introduced to North America, where it occurs in Ontario, New York and North Carolina, and to New Zealand,[3] where it was first recorded in 1969.[6]

In its native range, C. sylvatica lives in deciduous woodlands on heavy soils; it is sometimes found in unwooded areas, but usually only as a relic of ancient woodland.[1] In North America, it is generally found in disturbed areas within deciduous woodland.[3]

Uses

Carex sylvatica can be used in gardens as

Sami people used the plant as an insulating wadding.[7]

References

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  3. ^
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  4. ^ William Hudson (1762). "Carex". Flora Anglica (in Latin). Londini, impensis auctoris. pp. 346–354.
  5. ^ "Carex sylvatica". eMonocot. Archived from the original on July 6, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  6. ^ "Carex sylvatica". Flora. New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  7. ^ James Sowerby (1802). English botany. Vol. 14. London: J. Davis.

External links

  • Marek Nowicki, Radosław Walkowiak, Carex sylvatica, Pieniny National Park (Slovakia), CTC, 2019
  • Media related to Carex sylvatica at Wikimedia Commons
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