Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Poales > Cyperaceae > Carex > Carex depauperataCarex depauperataSynonyms: Carex monilifera; Carex triflora (heterotypic); Carex ventricosa (heterotypic); Loxotrema triflora; Trasus depauperatus (homotypic) Carex depauperata (starved wood-sedge) is a rare species of sedge native to parts of Europe. The plant has been virtually extinct in the United Kingdom since the 1940s. In 2010, following a successful reintroduction at Charterhouse School, staff at Wakehurst Place Garden, West Sussex, announced that the plant was to be reintroduced to a second, undisclosed location in Surrey. |
| Allergen Potential [1] | High |  | | Height [2] | 24 inches (.6 m) | | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Structure [4] | Grass | | | Light Preference [3] | Mixed Sun/Shade | | Soil Acidity [3] | Neutral | | Soil Fertility [3] | Mostly Infertile | | Soil Moisture [3] | Mostly Dry |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004) ♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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