Carex limosa

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 limosa
Name

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

Homotypic
Trasus limosus (L.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 67 (1821 publ. 1822).
Facolos limosa (L.) Raf., Good Book: 26 (1840).
Heterotypic
Carex elegans Willd., Fl. Berol. Prodr.: 34 (1787).
Carex limosa var. oblonga Dewey, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 42 (1826).
Carex laxa Dewey, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 26: 376 (1834), nom. illeg.
Carex limosa var. painei Dewey, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 29: 71 (1836).
Carex limosa f. pauciflora Asch., Fl. Brandenburg 1: 783 (1864).
Carex limosa f. stans Bolle, Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 7: 27 (1865).
Carex glaucocarpa St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 856 (1889).
Carex limosa f. laxiformis Lackow., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 44: 164 (1903).
Carex limosa f. robustior Lackow., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 44: 164 (1903).
Carex limosa var. fuscocuprea Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 505 (1909).
Carex limosa f. longivaginata H.Lindb. ex Hiitonen, Suom. Kasvio: 161 (1933).
Carex fuscocuprea (Kük.) V.I.Krecz. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 3: 599 (1935).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Alaska, Alberta, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Qubec, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Yukon
Continental: Eurasia
Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia
Continental: Southern America
Dominican Republic, Venezuela

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. 2020. Carex limosa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Carex limosa. Published online. Accessed: Jan 23 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex limosa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 23. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Carex limosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Jan 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex limosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names
dansk: Dyndstar
Deutsch: Schlamm-Segge
English: mud sedge
suomi: Mutasara
français: laîche des bourbiers
日本語: ヤチスゲ
Nederlands: Slijkzegge
polski: Turzyca bagienna
русский: Осока топяная
svenska: Dystarr
中文: 湿生薹草

Carex limosa is a species of sedge known as bog-sedge,[2] mud sedge, and shore sedge.

Distribution

This sedge is an aquatic or shore plant which can most often be found in peat bogs in mountains. It is widely distributed across North America and northern Eurasia.
Description

Carex limosa has a large rhizome and hairy roots. It produces a stem which is generally just under half a meter in height and has a few basal leaves which are long and threadlike. The tip of the stem is often occupied by a staminate spikelet, and below this hang one or more nodding pistillate spikelets. Some spikelets may have both male and female parts, however. Each fruit is a few millimeters long and spade-shaped.
References

Willd. Fl. Berol. Prodr. 34 1787
BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.