Taxonomy: Fam. Cyperaceae// Genus: Carex// Species: Carex hirta L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Chater in Tutin et al. (1980).
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to Iran, Northwest Africa according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Found in wet habitats, near streams and rivers, sandy soils, from the lowland up to c. 1600 altitude.
Flowering period: Spring -early summer: APR, MAY, JUN.
Carex hirta – habit. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – habit. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – habit. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – flowering stem with male and female spikes and bracts. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – male spike. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – male spike. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – male spike. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – female spike. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – female spike and bract. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – adaxial side of bract. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – abaxial side of bract. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – leaves. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – leaves. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – leaves. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – ligule. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – leaf sheath. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – leaf sheath. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – lower part of stems. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – basal sheaths. Osogovo - Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..
Carex hirta – habit. Osogovo - Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – habit. Osogovo - Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – habit. Osogovo - Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – male spikes. Osogovo - Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – fruiting female spikes and bracts. Osogovo - Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – fruits (utricles). Osogovo - Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – fruits (utricles). Osogovo - Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – leaves. Osogovo - Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – leaves. Osogovo - Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo - Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo - Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – basal sheaths. Osogovo - Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – vegetative shoot and rhizome. Osogovo - Ponikva, 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – flowering stem with male and female spikes. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – male spikes. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – male spike. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – male spike. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – male spike (left) and female spike (right). Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – female spike. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – female spike. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – lower part of plant. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Carex hirta – leaves and leaf sheets. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Carex hirta L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:300162-1 [Accessed 18.09.2021].
Carex L. Chater, A. O. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 290 – 323.
Last update: 09.02.2023.
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