Biology:Carex alba

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Carex alba
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Habit
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Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. alba
Binomial name
Carex alba
Synonyms[1]

Carex alba, called the small white sedge, white-flowered sedge or just white sedge (a name it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of sedge in the family Cyperaceae.[2] It is typically found in temperate forests of Eurasia, from the Pyrenees to the Russian Far East.[1] It is the main host plant for the woodland brown, Lopinga achine.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Carex alba Scop.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30265209-2. 
  2. "Carex alba (CRXAA)". European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. 2022. https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/CRXAA. 
  3. Streitberger, Merle; Hermann, Gabriel; Kraus, Wolfgang; Fartmann, Thomas (2012). "Modern forest management and the decline of the Woodland Brown (Lopinga achine) in Central Europe". Forest Ecology and Management 269: 239–248. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2011.12.028. 

Wikidata ☰ Q159033 entry