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Carex elata All.

Tufted sedge (en), Laîche raide (fr), Laîche élevée (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Carex

Characteristics

A grass like plant. This sedge grows 40-90 cm high and spreads 90 cm wide. It has grass like leaves. It forms dense tussocks. The leaves are bluish-green and are folded. They have a flat tip and a brownish yellow sheath. The flowers are in brown spikes.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread hydrochory
Mature width (meter) 0.9 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.9
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.1
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

By fen ditches and in wet places by rivers and lakes, often in base-rich soils. Oligotrophic to eutrophic, and often calcareous, marshes, fens, lakes, ponds and river margins mostly in shallow water.
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It is a temperate plant. It will grow in shallow water. It is frost hardy. It suits hardiness zones 7-10.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 6-9
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

The leaves and stems are eaten as a children snack.
Uses environmental use
Edible leaves roots seeds shoots stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Carex elata habit picture by Tom Schöning (cc-by-sa)
Carex elata habit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Carex elata habit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Carex elata leaf picture by Lindroos Kristian (cc-by-sa)
Carex elata leaf picture by St M (cc-by-sa)
Carex elata leaf picture by Marc Horisberger (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Carex elata flower picture by Dominique Vioux (cc-by-sa)
Carex elata flower picture by Meßner Markus (cc-by-sa)
Carex elata flower picture by Radford Ashley (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Carex elata fruit picture by Nicole Hornberger (cc-by-sa)
Carex elata fruit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Carex elata fruit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Carex elata world distribution map, present in Austria, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, Turks and Caicos Islands, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine

Conservation status

Carex elata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:299596-1
WFO ID wfo-0000346341
COL ID R947
BDTFX ID 75028
INPN ID 88491
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Carex elata f. brachystachys Carex stricta f. pendula Carex stricta Carex elata f. brachystachys Carex stricta f. nigrans Carex stricta f. humilis Carex gracilis Carex compressa Carex cespitosa var. elata Carex hudsonii var. homalocarpa Carex hudsonii var. polystachya Carex stricta var. gracilis Carex stricta var. helvetica Carex stricta var. homalocarpa Carex stricta var. macra Carex reticulosa subsp. stricta Carex stricta subsp. gracilis Carex stricta subsp. subrotunda Carex elata var. homalocarpa Carex stricta var. reticulosa Carex hudsonii f. brachystachys Carex hudsonii f. glabra Carex hudsonii f. humilis Carex hudsonii f. nigrans Carex hudsonii f. pendula Carex hudsonii f. reticulosa Carex hudsonii f. stenocarpa Carex stricta f. polystachya Carex stricta f. riartiana Carex elata

Lower taxons

Carex elata subsp. elata Carex elata subsp. omskiana
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