Carex lacustris

Carex lacustris

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Subgenus: Carex subg. Carex
Section: Carex sect. Paludosae
Species:
C. lacustris
Binomial name
Carex lacustris
Willd. 1805
US and Canadian distribution.[2]
Synonyms
  • C. riparia M.A. Curtis var. lacustris (Willd.) Kük.
  • Anithista lacustris (Willd.) Raf. 1840[3]
  • Anithista riparia Raf. 1840[3]
  • Carex riparia Muhl. 1817[3]
  • Carex riparia var. lacustris Engler 1909[3]

Carex lacustris, known as lake sedge (lucastris is from the Latin lacus, or lake), is a tufted grass-like perennial of the sedge family (Cyperaceae), native to southern Canada and the northern United States.[4] C. lacustris us an herbaceous surface-piercing plant that grows in water up to 50 cm (1.6 ft) deep, and grows 50–150 cm (1.6–4.9 ft) tall.[5] It grows well in marshes and swampy woods of the boreal forest, along river and lake shores, in ditches, marshes, swamps, and other wetland habitat.[5][4] It grows on muck, sedge peat, wet sand or silt, in filtered or full sunlight.[6][7]

It's a common sedge that dominates many native wetlands, or intermixes with other sedges and grasses, and its ability to spread by rhizomes makes it a good colonizer for a large area.[8][6]

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  3. ^ a b c d "Catalogue of Life – 10th December 2013 :: Species Detail". Catalogue of Life. ITIS Species 2000. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  4. ^ a b Linda Kershaw (2001). Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta. University of Alberta. pp. 304–. ISBN 978-0-88864-319-3.
  5. ^ a b Lahring, Heinjo (2003). Water and Wetland Plants of the Prairie Provinces. University of Regina Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-88977-162-8.
  6. ^ a b "Plant Detail". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 23 December 2013.
  7. ^ "Lake sedge (Carex lacustris)" (PDF). Great Lakes Ecological Protection and Restoration. US Environmental Protection Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
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