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Carex stricta is a species of sedge known by the common names upright sedge [1] and tussock sedge. [2] The plant grows in moist marshes, forests and alongside bodies of water. [3] It grows up to 2 feet (0.61 m) tall and 2 feet (0.61 m) wide. When the leaves die, they build on top of or around the living plant, making a "tussock". [3]
Carex sect. Phacocystis is a section of the genus Carex, containing between 70 and 90 species worldwide. [1] With 31 species in the North American flora, sedges in Carex sect. Phacocystis commonly occur in wetlands such as shorelines, marshes, and tundra.
Carex is a vast genus of over 2,000 species [2] of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called true sedges , and it is the most species-rich genus in the family.
Carex bullata Conservation status Secure (NatureServe) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Clade: Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Cyperaceae Genus: Carex Species: C. bullata Binomial name Carex bullata Willd. Synonyms Carex greenii Boeckeler Carex bullata is a tussock -forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae ...
The larvae feed on false-brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), wood small-reed (Calamagrostis epigejos), upright sedge (Carex stricta), tufted hair-grass (Deschampsia cespitosa) and tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). They mine the leaves of their host plant. [4] Larvae can be found from autumn to June. The species overwinters within the mine.
Tussock grasses or bunch grasses are a group of grass species in the family Poaceae.They usually grow as singular plants in clumps, tufts, hummocks, or bunches, rather than forming a sod or lawn, in meadows, grasslands, and prairies.
Satyrodes appalachia, the Appalachian brown or woods eyed brown [3] is a species of Satyrinae butterfly that is native to North America.. Wingspan: 39 to 51 mm. [2] Larvae on Rhynchospora inundata, Carex lacustris, and Carex stricta.
Carex stipata, variously called the prickly sedge, awl-fruited sedge, awlfruit sedge, owlfruit sedge, swamp sedge, sawbeak sedge, stalk-grain sedge and common fox sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Canada, the United States, China, Korea, Japan, and Far Eastern Russia. [3] [4] [5] [2] It is a wetland obligate. [6]