Taxonomy: Fam. Cyperaceae// Genus: Carex // Species: Carex pallescens L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Chater in Tutin et al. (1980).
Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to Central Asia and Iran; East Canada to North Central and Northeast U.S.A. according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Damp habitats- wet grasslands, mountain streams.
Flowering period: Late spring- early summer: MAY, JUN.
Carex pallescens – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – stem with spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – stem with spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – stem with spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – male and female spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – male and female spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – male and female spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – male spikele. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – female spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – female spikelet with utricles; bracts. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – female spikelet with utricles; bract. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – bract. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – adaxial and abaxial side of leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – basal sheaths. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex pallescens – basal sheaths. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.References:
Carex L. Chater, A. O. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 290 – 323.
Carex pallescens L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:301409-1 [Accessed 05.06.2023].
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