Carex rostrata Stokes in Withering 1787 (Family Cyperaceae)


Flowers

Fruit

Height: 30-70cm
Rarely Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous
Monoecious, Flowering May - July (Earliest: 4.5)

Biotopes:
Pond Edge

Peat Bogs and Mires
Pollination: Wind
Parasites:
Puccinia caricina
Other Possible Parasites:
Elachista subalbidella Larva (Leaf Miner)

Cordilura Larvae
(Stem Borers)

Psila fimetaria Larva (Stem Borer)
Herbivores:
Plateumaris affinis Larva

Limnobaris dolorosa
Possible Herbivores:
Euthrix potatoria

Hypenodes humidalis Larva

Many Tenthredinidae

Plateumaris discolor Larva
Sapivores:
Cicadella viridis

Javesella discolor
Possible Sapivores:
Several Cicadellidae

Stenodema calcarata

Delphacodes venosus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Bottle Sedge


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