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Dotted Sedge

Carex punctata

Dotted Sedge
Photo: David MERCIER, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr
Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Europe to Türkiye, NW. Africa
Climate
temperate

About

Carex punctata, the dotted sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the Cyperaceae family. It is native to Macaronesia, northwest Africa, southern, central, and northern Europe, and Turkey. Its chromosome number is 2n=68.

Where it grows

Carex punctata favours sheltered rock ledges and crevices on sea-cliffs. It also grows in salt marshes, and rocky or sandy areas where rivers and streams reach the ocean.

Other Carex plants

Carex abitibiana · Indian Valley sedge · Abruptbeak sedge · Thicket sedge · Small Dusky Sedge · Seoul Sedge · Acid Loving Sedge · Carex acocksii · Slender Tufted-sedge · Carex acutata · Lesser pond sedge · Circumpolar sedge

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex punctata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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