Carex demissa [viridula] Hornemann 1807 (Family Cyperaceae)
Flowers |
Fruit |
Height: 10 - 50 cm
Rarely Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous, Persistent Seed Bank
Monoecious, Flowering June - July
(Earliest: 24.5)
Biotopes: |
Peat Bogs and Mires |
Wet Meadows |
Wet Forest |
Pollination: |
Wind |
Possible Parasites: |
Elachista subalbidella Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Cordilura Larvae (Stem Borers) |
Psila fimetaria Larva (Stem Borer) |
Possible Herbivores: |
Euthrix potatoria |
Hypenodes humidalis Larva |
Many Tenthredinidae |
Plateumaris discolor Larva |
Possible Sapivores: |
Several Cicadellidae |
Stenodema calcarata |
Delphacodes venosus |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Common Yellow Sedge
Pictures © 2003, 2005, 2006 J.K. Lindsey
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