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List Of Fen Plants
The following is a list of plant species to be found in a north European fen habitat with some attempt to distinguish between reed bed relicts and the carr pioneers. However, nature does not come in neat compartments so that for example, the odd stalk of common reed will be found in carr. In pools * Beaked sedge; ''Carex rostrata'' * Whorl grass; ''Catabrosa aquatica'' * Needle spike-rush; ''Eleocharis acicularis'' * Northern spike-rush; '' Eleocharis austriaca'' * Sweet grasses; ''Glyceria species. * Common reed; ''Phragmites australis'' * Swamp meadow grass; '' Poa palustris'' In typical fen * Flat sedge; ''Blysmus compressus'' * Great fen sedge; ''Cladium mariscus'' * Lesser tufted sedge; ''Carex acuta'' * Lesser pond sedge; ''Carex acutiformis'' * Davall's sedge; '' Carex davalliana'' * Dioecious sedge; ''Carex dioica'' * Brown sedge; ''Carex disticha'' * Tufted sedge; ''Carex elata'' * Slender sedge; '' Carex lasiocarpa'' * Flea sedge; '' Carex pulicaris'' * Greater pond s ...
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Carex Disticha
''Carex disticha'' is a Eurasian species of sedge known as the brown sedge or, in North America, tworank sedge. Distribution ''Carex disticha'' is native to parts of Northern and Western Europe, where it grows in moist spots in a number of habitat types, and it has been introduced to the Great Lakes region of southern Canada. In its native range, this species is often associated with the ''Juncus subnodulosus''–''Cirsium palustre'' fen-meadow habitat. ''Carex disticha'' has also been introduced to Canada, where it is known from only two sites, in Ontario and Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee .... References External links * disticha Flora of Europe Plants described in 1762 Taxa named by William Hudson (botanist) {{Carex-stub ...
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Calamagrostis Stricta
''Calamagrostis stricta'', known as slim-stem small reed grass or narrow small-reed, is a species of bunchgrass in the family Poaceae of the Holarctic Kingdom. Description General description The species is perennial and caespitose with elongated rhizomes and long culms which are also erect. The leaf-sheaths are keelless and have a glabrous surface. It leaf-blades are by and are flat and stiff. The leaf-blade also have a ribbed and pubescent surface with scaberulous margins the apex of which is filiformed. The panicle is inflorescenced and lanceolate with the diameter being by . The main branches of the panicle are appressed and are long while the other branches are terete and scabrous. Spikelets and lemma Its spikelets are solitary, lanceolate, and are long. They have pedicelled fertile spikelets which are long, filiformed, and have the same features as the branches. The spikelets also carry fertile one which have a long rhachilla which is pilosed. It callus is hair ...
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Carr (landform)
A carr is a type of waterlogged wooded terrain that, typically, represents a succession stage between the original reedy marsh and the likely eventual formation of forest in a sub-maritime climate.Whittow, John (1984). ''Dictionary of Physical Geography''. London: Penguin, 1984. . Carrs are wetlands that are dominated by shrubs rather than trees. The carr is one stage in a hydrosere: the progression of vegetation beginning from a terrain submerged by fresh water along a river or lake margin. In sub-maritime regions, it begins with reed-marsh. As the reeds decay, the soil surface eventually rises above the water, creating fens that allow vegetation such as sedge to grow. As this progression continues, riparian trees and bushes appear and a carr landscape is created – in effect a wooded fen in a waterlogged terrain. At this stage, overall, unlike the overwhelming acidity of decaying reeds, the pH is not too acidic and the soil is not too deficient in minerals, making a habitat fo ...
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Schoenus Ferrugineus
''Schoenus ferrugineus'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w .... It is native to Europe. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q159784 ferrugineus ...
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Iris Pseudacorus
''Iris pseudacorus'', the yellow flag, yellow iris, or water flag, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. Its specific epithet ''pseudacorus'' means "false acorus", referring to the similarity of its leaves to those of ''Acorus calamus'' (sweet flag), as they have a prominently veined mid-rib and sword-like shape. However, the two plants are not closely related. The flower is commonly attributed with the fleur-de-lis. Description This herbaceous flowering perennial plant grows to , or a rare tall, with erect leaves up to long and broad. The flowers are bright yellow, across, with the typical iris form. The fruit is a dry capsule long, containing numerous pale brown seeds. ''I. pseudacorus'' grows best in very wet conditions, and is common in wetlands, where it tolerates submersion, low pH, and anoxic soils. The plant spreads quickly, by both rhizome and water-dispersed seed. It fills a simila ...
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Glyceria Maxima
''Glyceria maxima'' (syn. ''G. aquatica'' (L.) Wahlenb.; ''G. spectabilis'' Mert. & W.D.J. Koch; ''Molinia maxima'' Hartm.; ''Poa aquatica'' L.), commonly known as great manna grass, reed mannagrass, reed sweet-grass, and greater sweet-grass is a species of rhizomatous perennial grasses in the mannagrass genus native to Europe and Western Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ... and growing in wet areas such as riverbanks and ponds. It is highly competitive and invasive and is often considered to be a noxious weed outside its native range. References External links USDA PLANTS Profile''Glyceria maxima''
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Eriophorum Latifolium
''Eriophorum latifolium'', commonly known as broad-leaved bog-cotton and broad leaved cotton grass
Dr. Peter Llewellyn site is a species of belonging to the family Cyperaceae. Its native range is Europe to
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Eleocharis Uniglumis
''Eleocharis uniglumis'' is a species of plant belonging to the family Cyperaceae. Its native range is Europe to Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admini ... and Nepal, Subarctic America to Northern USA. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q161304 uniglumis ...
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Eleocharis Quinqueflora
''Eleocharis quinqueflora'' is a species of spikesedge known by the common names fewflower spikerush and few-flowered spike-rush. It is widespread across Europe, North Africa, northern Asia (Siberia, China, Kazakhstan, Himalayas, etc.), and North America (Canada, Greenland, northern and western US). There are also isolated populations in Argentina and Chile. ''Eleocharis quinqueflora''is a resident of wet meadows, bogs, hot springs, and other moist places. This is a rhizomatous perennial approaching a maximum height of 40 centimeters. The thin, flattened stems are surrounded by papery reddish to green leaf sheaths and topped with dark inflorescences. The spikelet is lance-shaped to oval and less than a centimeter long. It contains two to seven flowers, each of which is covered with a brown or black bract. The fruit is a yellow-brown achene An achene (; ), also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp, is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many spe ...
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Eleocharis Palustris
''Eleocharis palustris'', the common spike-rush, creeping spike-rush or marsh spike-rush, is a species of mat-forming perennial flowering plants in the sedge family Cyperaceae. It grows in wetlands in Europe, North Africa, northern and central Asia (Siberia, China, Mongolia, Iran, Nepal, etc.) and North America (United States, Canada, Greenland, northern Mexico). ''Eleocharis palustris'' is not easily distinguished from other closely related species and is extremely variable worldwide itself. The species epithet An epithet (, ), also byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) known for accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, di ... ''palustris'' is Latin for "of the marsh" and indicates its common habitat.Archibald William Smith Subspecies and varieties Numerous names have been proposed for subspecies and varieties. The following are recognized: # ...
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Carex Riparia
''Carex riparia'', the greater pond sedge, is a species of sedge found across Europe and Asia. It grows in a variety of wet habitats, and can be a dominant species in some swamps. It is Britain's largest ''Carex'', growing up to tall, with glaucous leaves up to long. It hybridises with a number of other ''Carex'' species, including the closely related ''Carex acutiformis'' – the lesser pond sedge. A variegated cultivar is grown as an ornamental grass. Distribution and habitat ''Carex riparia'' has a broad distribution over Europe and Western and Central Asia, with isolated occurrences in North Africa. It can form large stands along slow-flowing rivers, canals, on the edges of lakes, and in wet woodland. It may be the dominant species in swamps, especially if there is standing water in spring, and is also found in tall-herb fens, alongside ''Carex acutiformis'', ''Carex acuta'' and other similar species. Description ''Carex riparia'' was first described by William Curtis i ...
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