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Carex spicata (prickly sedge)

Synonyms: Carex muricata var. mediterranea; Carex pairae lumnitzeri; Vignea spicata (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Carex spicata is a species of sedge in the genus Carex.
View Wikipedia Record: Carex spicata

Infraspecies

Carex spicata andresii
Carex spicata lumintzeri
Carex spicata spicata (Attributes)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Height [2]  33 inches (.85 m)
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [4]  Grass
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [3]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [3]  Moist

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Khopersky Zapovednik Ia 47103 Russia  
Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve 470167 Ontario, Canada  
Palava Protected Landscape Area V   Czech Republic  
Saint Lawrence Islands National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Schaalsee   Germany      

Predators

Agramma laeta <Unverified Name>[5]
Wachtliella caricis[5]

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
♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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