Carex alba
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. alba
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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[edit]
- ^ a b "Carex alba Scop". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Carex alba (CRXAA)". EPPO Global Database. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Carex
- Flora of Spain
- Flora of France
- Flora of Middle Europe
- Flora of Italy
- Flora of Yugoslavia
- Flora of Romania
- Flora of Ukraine
- Flora of the Caucasus
- Flora of North European Russia
- Flora of South European Russia
- Flora of East European Russia
- Flora of West Siberia
- Flora of Altai (region)
- Flora of Kazakhstan
- Flora of Kyrgyzstan
- Flora of Xinjiang
- Flora of Mongolia
- Flora of Khabarovsk Krai
- Plants described in 1771
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