Carex livida Willd.

Pale sedge (en), Carex livide (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Carex

Characteristics

Plants colonial, long-rhizomatous. Culms 15–55 cm, smooth to scabrous distally. Leaves: proximal sheaths pale brown to dark brown, occasionally red tinged, 4.5–8(–10) mm thick; ligules 1.2–3.9 mm, usually 0.6–1.5 times as long as wide; leaf blades very glaucous, channeled, 4.5–40 cm × 1.5–3.5(–6.5) mm, coriaceous. Inflorescences 2.2–8.59(–12) cm, 0.6–1.8 length of proximal bract; proximal bract 0.8–11 mm, sheath 0–1.2cm, blade 0.8-10 cm; pistillate spikes densely flowered, ovoid to short-cylindric, 0.7–2.5 cm × 4–5.5 mm wide; lateral spikes erect or ascending on stiff peduncles. Pistillate scales pale brown to dark purple-brown with broad green center and narrow hyaline margins, obtuse to acute. Perigynia strongly ascending in the spikes, glaucous, fusiform, 3–4.8(–5) × (1–)1.3–2 mm wide, heavily papillose; beak absent or minute, erect, straight. Achenes pale to dark brown, 2.1–2.5 × 1.2–1.8 mm wide. 2n = 32.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-8
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Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 3-5
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Cultivation

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Images

Carex livida unspecified picture

Distribution

Carex livida world distribution map, present in Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Finland, France, Micronesia (Federated States of), Iceland, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Panama, Peru, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Sweden, and United States of America

Conservation status

Carex livida threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:300709-1
WFO ID wfo-0000348415
COL ID 69B6Y
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 761912
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Carex lividulla Edritria livida Carex grayana Carex fujimakii Carex livida Carex fujitae Carex limosa var. livida Carex livida var. grayana Carex livida var. rufinaeformis Carex livida var. radicalis Carex confertospicata Carex livida var. livida Carex livida var. typica