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96.) CYPERACEAE - Sedge family

CYPERACEAE - Sedge family

ERIOPHORUM L.

  • Eriophorum angustifolium Honck. (ssp. angustifolium) (Common Cottongrass) Wetland

  • Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe (Broad-leaved Cottongrass) Wetland

  • Eriophorum vaginatum L. (Hare's-tail Cottongrass) Wetland

TRICHOPHORUM Pers.

  • Trichophorum cespitosum (L.) Hartm. (ssp. cespitosum) (Northern Deergrass - Stace, Deergrass - NBN) 1981 Wetland

BOLBOSCHOENUS (Asch.) Palla

  • Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla (ssp. maritimus) (Sea Club-rush) / Wetland

SCIRPUS L.

  • Scirpus sylvaticus L. (Wood Club-rush) Wetland

SCHOENOPLECTUS (Rchb.) Palla

  • Schoenoplectus lacustris (L.) Palla (ssp. lacustris) (Common Club-rush) - Wetland

  • Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (C.C. Gmel.) Palla (Grey Club-rush) - Wetland

ELEOCHARIS R. Br.

  • Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. ssp. waltersii Bureš & Danihelka (Common Spike-rush) / Wetland

  • Eleocharis uniglumis (Link) Schult. (ssp. uniglumis) (Slender Spike-rush) - Wetland

  • Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. (var. acicularis) (Needle Spike-rush) 1945 Wetland

ISOLEPIS R. Br.

  • Isolepis setacea (L.) R. Br. (Bristle Club-rush) /- Wetland

  • Isolepis cernua (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. (var. cernua) (Slender Club-rush) Wetland

ELEOGITON Link

  • Eleogiton fluitans (L.) Link (Isolepis fluitans (L.) R.Br. var. fluitans) (Floating Club-rush) Wetland

CYPERUS L.

  • Cyperus longus L. (ssp. longus) (Galingale - extinct as a native) 1896 / Wetland

  • Cyperus eragrostis Lam. (Pale Galingale) / General

  • Cyperus aggregatus (Willd.) Endl. var. aggregatus (Cyperus flavus (J. Vahl) Boeck.) (Cayenne Cyperus) 1981 General Extinct

  • Cyperus fuscus L. (Brown Galingale) - Wetland Very Rare

  • Cyperus esculentus L. (Yellow Nut-sedge) General

BLYSMUS Panz. ex Schult.

  • Blysmus compressus (L.) Panz. ex Link (ssp. compressus) (Flat-sedge) Wetland

SCHOENUS L.

  • Schoenus nigricans L. (Black Bog-rush) / Wetland

CLADIUM P. Browne

  • Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl (ssp. mariscus) (Great Fen-sedge) 1918 Wetland

CAREX L.

Subgenus VIGNEA (P. Beauv. ex F. Lestib.) Kük.

  • Carex paniculata L. (ssp. paniculata) (Greater Tussock-sedge) Wetland

  • Carex otrubae Podp. (False Fox-sedge) / Wetland

  • Carex otrubae x C. remota = C. x *pseudoaxillaris* K. Richt. (False Fox x Remote Sedge) Wetland

  • Carex spicata Huds. (ssp. spicata) (Spiked Sedge) / Grassland

  • Carex muricata L. ssp. pairae (F.W. Schultz) Čelak. (ssp. lamprocarpa auct. non (Wallr.) Čelak.) (C. pairae F.W. Schultz) (Prickly Sedge, Small-fruited Prickly-sedge) - Grassland

  • Carex divulsa Stokes (Grey Sedge) Common in woodland, hedgebanks and urban areas.

  • ssp. divulsa / - has been split into 7 spp. ours will include C. divulsa sensu stricto and C. nordica Woodland The subspecies have recently been raised to species level and a third taxa has been split from it C. nordica and should be expected to occur. It differs from the nominate plant in having larger utricles (4 - 4.75 mm vs 3.5 - 4.25 mm) which are "laterally winged at least distally, and the inflorescence...is shorter and more congested distally" (Stace, 2021).

  • ssp. leersii (F.W. Schultz) W. Koch (C. leersii F.W. Schultz) (Many-leaved Sedge) / - Woodland Scarce

  • Carex arenaria L. (Sand Sedge) / Coasts

  • Carex disticha Huds. (Brown Sedge) / Wetland

  • Carex divisa Huds. (Divided Sedge) 1933 Wetland

  • Carex remota L. (ssp. remota) (Remote Sedge) / General Wetland

  • Carex leporina L. (C. ovalis Gooden.) (Oval Sedge) - Wetland

  • Carex echinata Murray (ssp. echinata) (Star Sedge) - Wetland

  • Carex davalliana Sm. (Davall's Sedge) 1845 Wetland

Subgenus CAREX

  • Carex hirta L. (Hairy Sedge) / Wetland

  • Carex acutiformis Ehrh. (Lesser Pond-sedge) / Wetland

  • Carex acutiformis x C. acuta = C. x *subgracilis Druce (C. x auroniensis* L.C. Lamb.) (Lesser x Slender Tufted-sedge) - Wetland

  • Carex riparia Curtis (Greater Pond-sedge) / Wetland

  • Carex pseudocyperus L. (var. pseudocyperus) (Cyperus Sedge) - Wetland

  • Carex rostrata Stokes (var. rostrata) (Bottle Sedge) Wetland

  • Carex vesicaria L. (Bladder-sedge) Wetland

  • Carex pendula Huds. (Pendulous Sedge) / Wetland

  • Carex sylvatica Huds. (ssp. sylvatica) (Wood-sedge) / Woodland

  • Carex strigosa Huds. (Thin-spiked Wood-sedge) - Woodland

  • Carex flacca Schreb. (ssp. flacca) (Glaucous Sedge) / Grassland

  • Carex panicea L. (Carnation Sedge) - Wetland

  • Carex depauperata Curtis ex With. (Starved Wood-sedge) 1886 /- Woodland

  • Carex laevigata Sm. (Smooth-stalked Sedge) Woodland

  • Carex binervis Sm. (Green-ribbed Sedge) Grassland

  • Carex distans L. (ssp. distans) (Distant Sedge) - Wetland

  • Carex extensa Gooden. (Long-bracted Sedge) /- Coasts

  • Carex hostiana DC. (Tawny Sedge) / Wetland

  • Carex hostiana x C. demissa = C. x *fulva Gooden. (C. hostiana x C. viridula = C. x fulva* Gooden) (Tawny x Common Yellow-sedge) - C. viridula was 3 sspp. but have now been moved to spp. status. This refers to what was the hybrid with C. viridula ssp. oedocarpa Wetland

  • Carex lepidocarpa Tausch (ssp. lepidocarpa and ssp. jemtlandica Palmgr.? - Stace) (C. viridula Michx. ssp. brachyrrhyncha (Čelak.) B. Schmid) (Long-stalked Yellow-sedge) / Wetland

  • Carex demissa Hornem. (ssp. demissa) (C. viridula Michx. ssp. oedocarpa (Andersson) B. Schmid) (Common Yellow-sedge) - Wetland

  • Carex viridula Michx. ssp. viridula var. viridula (C. oederi Retz. var. oederi) (C. viridula Michx. ssp. viridula) (Small-fruited Yellow-sedge) Wetland

  • Carex pallescens L. (Pale Sedge) - Wetland

  • Carex digitata L. (Fingered Sedge) /- General

  • Carex humilis Leyss. (var. humilis) (Dwarf Sedge) / Grassland

  • Carex caryophyllea Latourr. (Spring-sedge) /- Grassland

  • Carex montana L. (Soft-leaved Sedge) Grassland

  • Carex pilulifera L. (ssp. pilulifera) (Pill Sedge) - Grassland

  • Carex acuta L. (Slender Tufted-sedge) Wetland

  • Carex nigra (L.) Reichard (ssp. nigra) (Common Sedge) /- Wetland

  • Carex elata All. (Tufted-sedge) Wetland

Subgenus PSYLLOPHORA (Degl.) Peterm.

  • Carex pulicaris L. (Flea Sedge) / Wetland

List:

  • Eriophorum angustifolium Honck. (ssp. angustifolium - Kew, GBIF) (Common Cottongrass) Wetland
  • Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe (Broad-leaved Cottongrass) Wetland
  • Eriophorum vaginatum L. (Hare's-tail Cottongrass) Wetland
  • Trichophorum cespitosum (L.) Hartm. (ssp. cespitosum - Kew, GBIF) (Northern Deergrass - Stace, Deergrass - NBN) 1981 Wetland
  • Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla (ssp. maritimus - Kew, GBIF) (Sea Club-rush) / Wetland
  • Scirpus sylvaticus L. (Wood Club-rush) Wetland
  • Schoenoplectus lacustris (L.) Palla (ssp. lacustris - Kew, GBIF) (Common Club-rush) - Wetland
  • Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (C.C. Gmel.) Palla (Grey Club-rush) - Wetland
  • Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. (ssp. waltersii Bureš & Danihelka - Stace) ssp. vulgaris Walters (NBN) (Common Spike-rush) / Wetland
  • Eleocharis uniglumis (Link) Schult. (ssp. uniglumis - Kew, GBIF) (Slender Spike-rush) - Wetland
  • Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. (var. acicularis - Kew, GBIF) (Needle Spike-rush) 1945 Wetland
  • Isolepis setacea (L.) R. Br. (Bristle Club-rush) /- Wetland
  • Isolepis cernua (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. (var. cernua - Kew, GBIF) (Slender Club-rush) Wetland
  • Eleogiton fluitans (L.) Link (Isolepis fluitans (L.) R.Br. var. fluitans - Kew, GBIF) (Floating Club-rush) Wetland
  • Cyperus longus L. (ssp. longus - Kew, GBIF) (Galingale - extinct as a native) 1896 / Wetland
  • Cyperus eragrostis Lam. (Pale Galingale) / General
  • Cyperus aggregatus (Willd.) Endl. (Kew) var. aggregatus (Kew) Cyperus flavus (J. Vahl) Boeck. (NBN) (Cayenne Cyperus) 1981 General
  • Cyperus fuscus L. (Brown Galingale) - Wetland
  • Cyperus esculentus L. (Yellow Nut-sedge) General
  • Blysmus compressus (L.) Panz. ex Link (ssp. compressus - Kew, GBIF) (Flat-sedge) Wetland
  • Schoenus nigricans L. (Black Bog-rush) / Wetland
  • Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl (ssp. mariscus - Kew, GBIF) (Great Fen-sedge) 1918 Wetland
  • Carex paniculata L. (ssp. paniculata - Kew, GBIF) (Greater Tussock-sedge) Wetland
  • Carex otrubae Podp. (False Fox-sedge) / Wetland
  • Carex otrubae x C. remota = C. x pseudoaxillaris K. Richt. (False Fox x Remote Sedge) Wetland
  • Carex spicata Huds. (ssp. spicata - Kew, GBIF) (Spiked Sedge) / Grassland
  • Carex muricata L. (ssp. pairae (F.W. Schultz) Čelak. - Stace, NBN) ssp. lamprocarpa auct. non (Wallr.) Čelak. (old name) (Carex pairae F.W. Schultz - Kew, GBIF) (Prickly Sedge, Small-fruited Prickly-sedge - NBN) - Grassland
  • Carex divulsa Stokes ssp. divulsa (Grey Sedge) / - has been split into 7 spp. ours will include C. divulsa sensu stricto and C. nordica Woodland
  • Carex divulsa Stokes ssp. leersii (F.W. Schultz) W. Koch (Carex leersii F.W. Schultz - Kew, GBIF) (Many-leaved Sedge - NBN) / - is now C. leersii (investigate!) Woodland
  • Carex arenaria L. (Sand Sedge) / Coasts
  • Carex disticha Huds. (Brown Sedge) / Wetland
  • Carex divisa Huds. (Divided Sedge) 1933 Wetland
  • Carex remota L. (ssp. remota - Kew, GBIF) (Remote Sedge) / General Wetland
  • Carex leporina L. (Stace, NBN) Carex ovalis Gooden. (old name) (Oval Sedge) - Wetland
  • Carex echinata Murray (ssp. echinata - Kew, GBIF) (Star Sedge) - Wetland
  • Carex davalliana Sm. (Davall's Sedge) 1845 Wetland
  • Carex hirta L. (Hairy Sedge) / Wetland
  • Carex acutiformis Ehrh. (Lesser Pond-sedge) / Wetland
  • Carex acutiformis x C. acuta = C. x subgracilis Druce (C. x auroniensis L.C. Lamb. - Kew, GBIF) (Lesser x Slender Tufted-sedge) - Wetland
  • Carex riparia Curtis (Greater Pond-sedge) / Wetland
  • Carex pseudocyperus L. (var. pseudocyperus - Kew, GBIF) (Cyperus Sedge) - Wetland
  • Carex rostrata Stokes (var. rostrata - Kew, GBIF) (Bottle Sedge) Wetland
  • Carex vesicaria L. (Bladder-sedge) Wetland
  • Carex pendula Huds. (Pendulous Sedge) / Wetland
  • Carex sylvatica Huds. (ssp. sylvatica - Kew, GBIF) (Wood-sedge) / Woodland
  • Carex strigosa Huds. (Thin-spiked Wood-sedge) - Woodland
  • Carex flacca Schreb. (ssp. flacca - Kew, GBIF) (Glaucous Sedge) / Grassland
  • Carex panicea L. (Carnation Sedge) - Wetland
  • Carex depauperata Curtis ex With. (Starved Wood-sedge) 1886 /- Woodland
  • Carex laevigata Sm. (Smooth-stalked Sedge) Woodland
  • Carex binervis Sm. (Green-ribbed Sedge) Grassland
  • Carex distans L. (ssp. distans - Kew, GBIF) (Distant Sedge) - Wetland
  • Carex extensa Gooden. (Long-bracted Sedge) /- Coasts
  • Carex hostiana DC. (Tawny Sedge) / Wetland
  • Carex hostiana x (C. demissa - Stace) C. viridula (NBN) = C. x fulva Gooden. (Stace, NBN) (Tawny x Common Yellow-sedge) - C. viridula was 3 sspp. but have now been moved to spp. status. This refers to what was the hybrid with C. viridula ssp. oedocarpa Wetland
  • Carex lepidocarpa Tausch (Stace) (ssp. lepidocarpa and ssp. jemtlandica Palmgr.? - Stace) Carex viridula Michx. ssp. brachyrrhyncha (Čelak.) B. Schmid (NBN) (Long-stalked Yellow-sedge) / Wetland
  • Carex demissa Hornem. (Stace) (ssp. demissa - Kew, GBIF) Carex viridula Michx. ssp. oedocarpa (Andersson) B. Schmid (NBN) (Common Yellow-sedge) - Wetland
  • Carex viridula Michx. (Stace) (ssp. viridula var. viridula - Stace) (Carex oederi Retz. var. oederi - Kew, GBIF) Carex viridula Michx. ssp. viridula (NBN) (Small-fruited Yellow-sedge) Wetland
  • Carex pallescens L. (Pale Sedge) - Wetland
  • Carex digitata L. (Fingered Sedge) /- General
  • Carex humilis Leyss. (var. humilis - Kew, GBIF) (Dwarf Sedge) / Grassland
  • Carex caryophyllea Latourr. (Spring-sedge) /- Grassland
  • Carex montana L. (Soft-leaved Sedge) Grassland
  • Carex pilulifera L. (ssp. pilulifera - Kew, GBIF) (Pill Sedge) - Grassland
  • Carex acuta L. (Slender Tufted-sedge) Wetland
  • Carex nigra (L.) Reichard (ssp. nigra - Kew, GBIF) (Common Sedge) /- Wetland
  • Carex elata All. (Tufted-sedge) Wetland
  • Carex pulicaris L. (Flea Sedge) / Wetland