Carex capillaris, the hair-like sedge,[3] is a species of sedge found in North America and northern Eurasia[4] including Greenland.[5][6]

Carex capillaris
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Subgenus: Carex subg. Carex
Section: Carex sect. Chlorostachyae
Species:
C. capillaris
Binomial name
Carex capillaris
L.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Carex capillaris f. typica B.Boivin
  • Carex plena Clairv.
  • Loxotrema capillaris (L.) Raf.
  • Trasus capillaris (L.) Gray

Carex tiogana, from northern California, is sometimes included in Carex capillaris. Two subspecies are accepted:[2]

  • Carex capillaris subsp. capillaris
  • Carex capillaris subsp. fuscidula (V.I.Krecz. ex T.V.Egorova) Á.Löve & D.Löve

Ecology

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Carex capillaris is a known host to species of fungi, including Anthracoidea capillaris, Didymella proximella, Lophodermium caricinum and Puccinia dioicae.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Carex capillaris L." ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  2. ^ a b "Carex capillaris". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  3. ^ NRCS. "Carex capillaris". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  4. ^ Ball, Peter W. (2002). "Carex capillaris". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2018-10-20 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  5. ^ Grønlands flora. Tyge Wittrock Böcher (3. reviderede udgave ed.). København: P. Haase & Sons. 1978. ISBN 87-559-0385-1. OCLC 183098604.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ Nordens flora. Bo Mossberg, Lennart Stenberg, Jon Feilberg, Anna Torsteinsrud, Victoria Widmark (Nye, udvidede og omarbejdede udgave ed.). Kbh.: Gyldendal. 2020. ISBN 978-87-02-28916-9. OCLC 1158895781.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ^ Helgi Hallgrímsson & Guðríður Gyða Eyjólfsdóttir (2004). Íslenskt sveppatal I - smásveppir [Checklist of Icelandic Fungi I - Microfungi. Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar. Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History]. ISSN 1027-832X
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