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Carex flava (yellow sedge)

Synonyms:

Infraspecies

Carex flava oedocarpa
Carex flava var. flava

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Height [2]  28 inches (.7 m)
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [4]  Grass
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [3]  Infertile
Soil Moisture [3]  Wet

Protected Areas

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Predators

Equus ferus (Wild Horse)[5]
Wachtliella caricis[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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
♦ 5Chodkiewicz A. and Stypiński P., Diet preferences of Koniks horses in disadvantaged areas: a case study from the Biebrza National Park Grassland Science in Europe, Vol. 16 (2011) pp. 326-328
♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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