Cyperaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Carex buxbaumii

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Carex buxbaumii is a clump-forming, perennial plant spreading slowly from a short rhizome. It produces a cluster of grass-like leaves and can grow around 30 - 60cm tall[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials. Carex buxbaumii is widespread with stable populations and does not face any major threats.The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 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 RangeLocal in many areas of Europe from France to Norway and east to western Siberia and Kazakhstan; , N. America - Arizona to S. Carolina and northwards

HabitatWet spongy bogs and boggy meadows[ 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. , 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. ].