Carex panicea Linnaeus 1753 (Family Cyperaceae)
Height: 10-50cm
Rarely Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous, Stoloniferous, Persistent Seed Bank
Monoecious, Flowering May - July
(Earliest: 25.4)
Biotopes: |
Wet Meadows |
Peat Bogs and Mires |
Flower Visitors: |
Micropterix aureatella |
Pollination: |
Wind |
Possible Parasites: |
Elachista subalbidella Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Cordilura Larvae (Stem Borers) |
Psila fimetaria Larva (Stem Borer) |
Herbivores: |
Aphantopus hyperantus Larva |
Possible Herbivores: |
Euthrix potatoria |
Hypenodes humidalis Larva |
Many Tenthredinidae |
Plateumaris discolor Larva |
Sapivores: |
Stenocranus fuscovittatus |
Possible Sapivores: |
Several Cicadellidae |
Stenodema calcarata |
Delphacodes venosus |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Carnation Sedge
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