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.^[2]^[3] It is a synonym of the Carex flava species complex.^[4]

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.^[5]

References

^ Sp. Pl.: 975 (1753)
^ ^a ^b "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] "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.

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