''Carex acutiformis'', the lesser pond-sedge,
is a species of
sedge
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'' ...
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Description
It grows up to tall, with leaves up to long and wide.
Ecology
It is native to parts of northern and western Europe, where it grows in moist spots in a number of habitat types. In its native European range this species is often associated with the
''Juncus subnodulosus''–''Cirsium palustre'' fen-meadow habitat
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
. It is also a dominant plant in the ''Carex acutiformis'' swamp
plant association
A plant community is a collection or association of plant species within a designated geographical unit, which forms a relatively uniform patch, distinguishable from neighboring patches of different vegetation types. The components of each plant ...
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References
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acutiformis
Flora of Europe
Flora of Asia
Flora of North Africa
Plants described in 1789
Taxa named by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart
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