Biology:Carex alba
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. alba
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Carex alba, called the small white sedge, white-flowered sedge or just white sedge (a name it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of sedge in the family Cyperaceae.[2] It is typically found in temperate forests of Eurasia, from the Pyrenees to the Russian Far East.[1] It is the main host plant for the woodland brown, Lopinga achine.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Carex alba Scop.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30265209-2.
- ↑ "Carex alba (CRXAA)". European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. 2022. https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/CRXAA.
- ↑ Streitberger, Merle; Hermann, Gabriel; Kraus, Wolfgang; Fartmann, Thomas (2012). "Modern forest management and the decline of the Woodland Brown (Lopinga achine) in Central Europe". Forest Ecology and Management 269: 239–248. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2011.12.028.
Wikidata ☰ Q159033 entry
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