Biology:Carex alba

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Short description: Species of plant in the sedge family

Carex alba
Habit
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. alba
Binomial name
Carex alba
Synonyms[1]
  • Carex nemorosa Carex argentea
  • Carex ajanensis Vorosch.
  • Kük. Vill.
  • Carex duerrnbergeri Carex argentea
  • Ritzb. Schrank
  • Carex alba f. aprica J.F.Gmel.
  • Turcz. ex Boott Carex inclusa

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 butterfly, Lopinga achine.[3]

Description

Carex alba is a species of sedge, typically growing in thick clumps between 15–30 cm (5.9–11.8 in) in height. Stems are slender, trigonous, smooth; with sheaths that are leafless at the base. Leaves are shorter than the stem, and flat-bladed. Bracts are greenish-brown and sheathlike. Flowers take the form of terminal spikes, and are white in colour. Nutlets are dark brown, obovate-elliptic, trigonous. Flowers and fruits in June to July.[4]

Distribution and habitat

Carex alba favours dry, wooded areas,[5] temperate pine forests and slopes.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Carex alba" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/30265209-2. 
  2. ↑ "Carex alba (CRXAA)". European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. 2022. https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/CRXAA. 
  3. ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2012ForEM.269..239S. 
  4. ↑ "Carex alba Scop.". October 30, 2024. https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000344268. 
  5. ↑ "Carex alba". https://www.hessenhof.nl/gr/a006.html. 
  6. ↑ "Laîche blanche". November 2, 2024. https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/88324/tab/habitats. 

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