Carex flava

Carex flava
	Seedhead
	Botanical illustration
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. flava
Binomial name
	Carex flava; L.
Synonyms
	List Anithista flava (L.) Raf.; Carex echinata Lam.; Carex flava subsp. alpina (Kneuck.) O.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo; Carex flava var. barrerae O.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo; Carex flava var. fertilis Peck; Carex flava var. gaspensis Fernald; Carex flava var. graminis L.H.Bailey; Carex flava f. graminis (L.H.Bailey) Scoggan; Carex flava var. laxior (Kük.) Gleason; Carex flavella V.I.Krecz.; Carex flavofulva Beurl.; Carex foliosa All.; Carex laxior (Kük.) Mack.; Carex lepidocarpa var. laxior Kük.; Carex nevadensis subsp. alpina (Kneuck.) Podlech; Carex patula Host; Carex uetliaca Suter; Carex viridis Honck.; 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. It gives its name to the Carex flava species complex.

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.

References

↑ Sp. Pl.: 975 (1753)
1 2 "Carex flava L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
↑ "Carex flava hedgehog grass". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 31 December 2020. Other common names; marsh hedgehog grass, yellow sedge, large yellow sedge
↑ 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.
↑ "PlantAtlas". plantatlas2020.org. Retrieved 2024-11-13.

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[1] Sp. Pl.: 975 (1753)

[30043428-2-2] 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

[1_of_3620_Google_Scholar_Hits-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.