Cyperaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Carex elata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Carex elata is an evergreen perennial plant growing from a spreading, rhizomatous rootstock. It produces clusters of grass-like leaves that can be from 45 - 100cm tall[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental, where it can be used to form an effective ground cover. Carex alata is widespread with stable populations throughout most of its range and does not face any major threats. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2014)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - western Europe from Portugal and Spain to Norway, extending east to western Siberia, Kazakhstan and Iran; N. Africa - Morocco and Algeria

HabitatBy fen ditches and in wet places by rivers and lakes, often in base-rich soils[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. , 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. ]. Oligotrophic to eutrophic, and often calcareous, marshes, fens, lakes, ponds and river margins mostly in shallow water[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].