Carex echinata is a species of sedge known by the common names star sedge and little prickly sedge.

Carex echinata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Subgenus: Carex subg. Vignea
Section: Carex sect. Stellulatae
Species:
C. echinata
Binomial name
Carex echinata
Synonyms

Carex ormantha
Carex phyllomanica
Carex svensonis

Description

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Carex echinata has a solid, ridged stem that may exceed 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in height and it has a few thready leaves toward the base. The inflorescences are star-shaped spikelets and are 3–15 mm (0.12–0.59 in) wide.

It is infected by the fungal species Anthracoidea karii.[1]

Distribution

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This plant is native to North and Central America and parts of Eurasia; as of 2016, it has spread as far as Taiwan.[2] Carex echinata is a plant of wet forests, marshes, and mountain meadows of moderate elevation. It is commonly associated with peat bogs.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Taylor, Stewart; Smith, Paul A. (2017-01-01). "Having a LAFF with Anthracoidea". Field Mycology. 18 (1): 5–13. doi:10.1016/j.fldmyc.2017.01.004. ISSN 1468-1641.
  2. ^ Liao, Chun-kuei (January 2016). "Carex echinata Murray (section Stellulatae: Cyperaceae), a Newly Recorded Sedge in Taiwan". doi:10.7075/TJFS. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Cusick, Allison W. (1996). "Notes on the Genus Carex (Cyperaceae) in West Virginia". Castanea. 61 (2): 161–167. ISSN 0008-7475. JSTOR 4033870.
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