Taxonomy: Fam. Cyperaceae// Genus: Carex// Species: Carex nigra (L.) Reichard.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Chater in Tutin et al. (1980).
Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Temperate Northern Hemisphere – Greenland, Eastern Canada to Northeast U.S.A. and Midwest U.S.A (Michigan); Europe to Russian Far East, Mongolia and Iran; East Himalaya; Northwest Africa- Morocco according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Wet habitats – sphagnum bogs, wet grasslands in the montane/subalpine region and mountain streams.
Flowering period: Late spring – early summer: MAY, JUN.
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Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex nigra – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex nigra – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex nigra – leaf ligule. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex nigra – leaf sheath. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex nigra – vegetative shoot. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex nigra – base of stems with basal sheaths. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex nigra – basal sheaths. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex nigra – leaf sheaths. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex nigra – stem base and leaf sheaths. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex nigra – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex nigra – habit. 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Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex nigra – female spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex nigra – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex nigra – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex nigra – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex nigra – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex nigra – leaf sheaths. Osogovo – Ponikva, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
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.
