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White Sedge
White sedge is a common name for several plants and may refer to: *'' Carex alba'', native to temperate woodlands of Eurasia *''Carex albida ''Carex lemmonii'', or Lemmon's sedge, is a plant in the sedge family, and is endemic to California. ''Carex albida'' (binomial authority L.H.Bailey) is now considered a synonym, but was previously thought to be a separate species; such plants h ...'', endemic to California *''Carex canescens'' (syn. '' Carex curta''), widely distributed globally and often referred to as white sedge in the United Kingdom {{Plant common name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carex Alba
''Carex alba'', called the small white sedge, white-flowered sedge or just white sedge (a name it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is typically found in temperate forests of Eurasia, from the Pyrenees to the Russian Far East. It is the main host plant for the woodland brown, ''Lopinga achine''. References alba ''Alba'' ( , ) is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is also, in English language historiography, used to refer to the polity of Picts and Scottish people, Scots united in the ninth century as the Kingdom of Alba, until it developed i ... Flora of Spain Flora of France Flora of Central Europe Flora of Italy Flora of Yugoslavia Flora of Romania Flora of Ukraine Flora of the Caucasus Flora of North European Russia Flora of South European Russia Flora of East European Russia Flora of West Siberia Flora of Altai (region) Flora of Kazakhstan Flora of Kyrgyzstan Flora of Xinjiang Flora o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carex Albida
''Carex lemmonii'', or Lemmon's sedge, is a plant in the sedge family, and is endemic to California. ''Carex albida'' (binomial authority L.H.Bailey) is now considered a synonym, but was previously thought to be a separate species; such plants have the common name white sedge. Description This sedge produces a dense or loose clump of erect stems 40 to 60 centimeters tall from a network of short rhizomes. The inflorescence is a cluster of 5 to 7 spikes over 15 centimeters long. Staminate flowers are located mainly on the terminal spike, while pistillate flowers are mainly located in the lateral spikes. The fruit is covered in a sac called a perigynium, which is green with a white beak. White sedge White sedge is endemic to Sonoma County, California, where it is known only from one occurrence at Pitkin Marsh, a wetland between Forestville and Sebastopol. There are fewer than 1000 plants, and likely fewer than 300 according to more recent estimates.USFWSWhite sedge/Pitkin marsh li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |