Carex capillaris

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Cariceae
Genus: Carex
Species: Carex capillaris
Subspecies: C. c. subsp. capillaris – C. c. subsp. fuscidula
Name

Carex capillaris L., Sp. Pl.: 977 (1753).
Synonyms

Homotypic
Carex plena Clairv., Man. Herbor. Suisse: 292 (1811), nom. superfl.
Trasus capillaris (L.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 66 (1821 publ. 1822).
Loxotrema capillaris (L.) Raf., Good Book: 25 (1840).
Carex capillaris f. typica B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 75: 203 (1948), not validly publ.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere
Alaska, Alberta, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Froyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Morocco, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Poland, Qinghai, Qubec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Washington, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 977. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Carex capillaris in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Carex capillaris. Published online. Accessed: Dec 15 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Carex capillaris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Dec 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex capillaris in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
беларуская: Асака воласападобная
eesti: Jõhvtarn
suomi: Hapsisara
polski: Turzyca włosowata

ubsp. fuscidula (V.I.Krecz. ex T.V.Egorova) Á.Löve & D.Löve

Ecology

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

"Carex capillaris L." ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
"Carex capillaris". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Carex capillaris". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
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. Retrieved 2018-10-20 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Grønlands flora. Tyge Wittrock Böcher (3. reviderede udgave ed.). København: P. Haase & Sons. 1978. ISBN 87-559-0385-1. OCLC 183098604.
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.
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