''Carex echinata'' is a species of
sedge
The Cyperaceae () are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as wikt:sedge, sedges. The family (biology), family is large; botanists have species description, described some 5,500 known species in about 90 ...
known by the common names star sedge and little prickly sedge.
Description
''Carex echinata'' is a tussock-forming, grasslike plant in the family
Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae () are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as wikt:sedge, sedges. The family (biology), family is large; botanists have species description, described some 5,500 known species in about 90 ...
. It has a solid, ridged stem that may exceed in height with a few thready leaves toward the base. The
inflorescence
In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...
s are star-shaped
spikelets and are wide.
It is infected by the fungal species
''Anthracoidea karii''.
Distribution and habitat
This plant is native to North and Central America and parts of Eurasia; as of 2016, it had spread as far as Taiwan. ''Carex echinata'' is a plant of wet forests, marshes, and mountain meadows of moderate elevation. It is commonly associated with
peat bogs
A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and mus ...
.
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Carex echinata''''Carex echinata'' - Photo gallery on Calphotos
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echinata
Flora of Europe
Flora of Turkey
Flora of the Caucasus
Flora of Northern America
Flora of Papua New Guinea
Flora of Australasia
Plants described in 1770
Taxa named by Johan Andreas Murray
Grasses of Lebanon