BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Carex (sedges)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Species	Carex acuta L. (Slender Tufted-sedge)					5
Species	Carex acutiformis Ehrh. (Lesser Pond-sedge)		3	22		59
Species	Carex appropinquata Schum. (Fibrous Tussock-sedge)					12
Species	Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. (Water Sedge)					3
Species	Carex arenaria L. (Sand Sedge)		2			9
Species	Carex atrata L. (Black Alpine-sedge)					1
Species	Carex bigelowii Torrey ex Schwein. (Stiff Sedge)					6
Species	Carex binervis Smith (Green-ribbed Sedge)			6		8
Species	Carex capillaris L. (Hair Sedge)					3
Species	Carex caryophyllea Latour. (Spring Sedge)		7			2
Species	Carex chordorrhiza L.f. (String Sedge)					3
Species	Carex digitata L. (Fingered Sedge)		5			1
Species	Carex dioica L (Dioecious Sedge)				1	2
Species	Carex disticha Hudson (Brown Sedge)					8
Species	Carex divulsa Stokes (Grey Sedge)	1
Subspecies	Carex divulsa ssp. divulsa (Grey Sedge)			5
Species	Carex echinata Murray (Star Sedge)			10		5
Species	Carex elata All. (Tufted Sedge)					26
Species	Carex ericetorum Pollich (Rare Spring-sedge)					3
Species	Carex extensa Gooden. (Long-bracted Sedge)					5
Species	Carex filiformis L. (Downy-fruited Sedge)		3
Species	Carex flacca Schreber (Glaucous Sedge)		1	11	1	21
Aggregate	Carex flava agg. (yellow sedges)					1
Species	Carex hirta L. (Hairy Sedge)			13		12
Species	Carex hostiana DC. (Tawny Sedge)					2
Species	Carex laevigata Smith (Smooth-stalked Sedge)			15		1
Species	Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh. (Slender Sedge)					8
Species	Carex limosa L. (Bog-sedge)					2
Species	Carex maritima Gunnerus (Curved Sedge)					2
Aggregate	Carex muricata agg. L. sensu lato (a sedge)	1		4		1
Species	Carex nigra (L.) Reichard (Common Sedge)		1			12
Species	Carex otrubae Podp. (False Fox-sedge)		3	9		11
Species	Carex ovalis Gooden. (Oval Sedge)		2	8		3
Species	Carex pallescens L. (Pale Sedge)			9		4
Species	Carex panicea L. (Carnation Sedge)		20	10		7
Species	Carex paniculata L. (Greater Tussock-sedge)		6			37
Species	Carex pendula Hudson (Pendulous Sedge)		3			33
Species	Carex pilulifera L. (Pill Sedge)			10	1	3
Species	Carex pseudocyperus L. (Cyperus Sedge)					18
Species	Carex pulicaris L. (Flea Sedge)		14			1
Species	Carex remota L. (Remote Sedge)			5		1
Species	Carex riparia Curtis (Great Pond-sedge)		2	13		63
Species	Carex rostrata Stokes (Bottle Sedge)					10
Species	Carex rupestris All. (Rock Sedge)					1
Species	Carex salina Wahlenb. (Salt-marsh Sedge)				1
Species	Carex saxatilis L. (Russet Sedge)					1
Species	Carex strigosa Hudson (Thin-spiked Wood-sedge)		3	4
Species	Carex sylvatica Hudson (Wood Sedge)		9	14		6
Species	Carex trinervis Degl. (Three-nerved Sedge)					1
Species	Carex vaginata Tausch (Sheathed Sedge)				1	1
Species	Carex vesicaria L. (Bladder-sedge)			11		6
Species	Carex viridula Michaux. (Yellow Sedge)	3	6	13		5
Species	Carex vulpina L. (True Fox-sedge)					3

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Jermy A.C., Chater, A.O. & David, R.W., 1982

Sedges of the British Isles

Carex may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

PLANTAE
(plants)

SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Carex:

(dead)	dead is decayed by apothecium	Niptera pulla - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [mostly below water level]
(fungus-infected)	fungus-infected may be secondarily infected by colony of Epicoccum dematiaceous anamorph	Epicoccum nigrum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	is foodplant of larva	Donacia cinerea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Donacia obscura - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Donacia thalassina - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Plateumaris affinis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Plateumaris discolor - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Plateumaris sericea - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Kateretes pedicularius - a pollen or sap beetle (Coleoptera: Kateretidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of	Kateretes pusillus - a pollen beetle (Coleoptera: Kateretidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Kateretes rufilabris - a pollen or sap beetle (Coleoptera: Kateretidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Phalacrus caricis - a smut beetle (Coleoptera: Phalacridae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Phalacrus substriatus - a smut beetle (Coleoptera: Phalacridae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Limnobaris pilistriata - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is foodplant of larva	Limnobaris t-album - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
	is decayed by immersed pseudothecium	Mycosphaerella allicina - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	is decayed by stalked sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph	Myrothecium masonii - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Hypocreales)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	is associate of imago	Bagous tempestivus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
	is associate of larva	Platycheirus immarginatus - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)	Rotheray, G.E., 1993 [in wetlands]
	is associate of larva	Platycheirus perpallidus - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)	Rotheray, G.E., 1993 [in wetlands]
	is associate of fruitbody	Agrocybe paludosa - a fieldcap (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on wet soil]
debris (decayed)	decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody	Coprinopsis martinii - an inkcap (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
debris (decayed)	decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody	Coprinopsis tigrinella - an inkcap (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
debris (decayed)	decayed debris is decayed by often buried under desne layers of decayed grass leaves fruitbody	Coprinopsis urticicola - an inkcap (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
inflorescence	inflorescence is galled by larva	Wachtliella caricis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by thyrothecium	Lichenopeltella alpestris - an ascomycete (Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by thyrothecium	Lichenopeltella nigroannulata - a fly speck fungus (Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by immersed, linearly arranged pseudothecium	Mycosphaerella lineolata - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by immersed pseudothecium	Didymella proximella - an ascomycete (Pleosporales)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by scattered, immersed pseudothecium	Leptosphaeria caricis - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by immersed pseudothecium	Paraphaeosphaeria michotii - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium	Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by apothecium	Mollisia caricina - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [in wet places]
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by very shortly stalked apothecium	Psilachnum asemum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by superficial conidioma of Dinemasporium coelomycetous anamorph	Phomatospora dinemasporium - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by perithecium	Phomatospora dinemasporium - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by basidiome	Cellypha goldbachii - a cyphelloid fungus (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (dead, rain-soaked)	dead, rain-soaked leaf is decayed by extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Cladosporium cladosporioides - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, rain-soaked)	dead, rain-soaked leaf is decayed by extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Mycosphaerella tulasnei - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, rotting, thinly blackly circumscripted)	dead, rotting, thinly blackly circumscripted leaf is decayed by sessile or short-stalked apothecium	Pezizella eriophori - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead, very rotting, fallen, locally blackened)	dead, very rotting, fallen, locally blackened leaf is decayed by stalked, erumpent apothecium	Rutstroemia lindaviana - a discomycete (Helotiales: Rutstroemiaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by embedded sorus	Schizonella melanogramma - a smut fungus (Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae)	Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006 [(Not on Carex flacca)]
leaf-mine	leaf-mine may house puparium	Cerodontha caricicola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [at end of mine]
leaf-mine	leaf-mine may house puparium	Cerodontha eucaricis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf	leaf is foodplant of larva	Donacia simplex - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf	leaf is galled by larva	Planetella fischeri - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Cerodontha angulata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine yellowish-green]
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Cerodontha caricicola - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine long, yellowish]
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Cerodontha eucaricis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Cerodontha suturalis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Metopomyza scutellata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [deep, narrow mine in upper surface, frass in two regular rows]
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Metopomyza xanthaspis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [initially mining lower surface, becoming a broad blotch; frass scattered irregularly]
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Brachythops flavens - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Brachythops wüstneii - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Dolerus haematodes - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Pachynematus clibrichellus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Pachynematus kirbyi - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Pachynematus vagus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf	leaf may have puparium	Cerodontha angulata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [frequently adheres to leaf]
leaf	leaf may have puparium	Metopomyza scutellata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf	leaf may have puparium	Metopomyza xanthaspis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972
ovary (live)	live ovary is parasitised by sorus	Anthracoidea caricis sensu E&E - a group of smut fungi (Ustilaginales: Anthracoideaceae)
shoot	shoot may contain larva	Notaris bimaculatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Erirhinidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by immersed, linearly arranged pseudothecium	Mycosphaerella lineolata - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium	Paraphaeosphaeria michotii - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by scattered, initially immersed pseudothecium	Phaeosphaeria herpotrichoides - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by apothecium	Mollisia caricina - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [in wet places]
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by perithecium	Phomatospora dinemasporium - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by superficial conidioma of Dinemasporium coelomycetous anamorph	Phomatospora dinemasporium - a pyrenomycete (Xylariales)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by basidiome	Cellypha goldbachii - a cyphelloid fungus (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (dead, rain-soaked)	dead, rain-soaked stem is decayed by extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Cladosporium cladosporioides - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, rain-soaked)	dead, rain-soaked stem is decayed by extensive, velvety colony of Cladosporium dematiaceous anamorph	Mycosphaerella tulasnei - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, very rotting, fallen, locally blackened)	dead, very rotting, fallen, locally blackened stem is decayed by stalked, erumpent apothecium	Rutstroemia lindaviana - a discomycete (Helotiales: Rutstroemiaceae)	Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem	stem is foodplant of	Erirhinus aethiops - a weevil (Coleoptera: Erirhinidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002 Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem	stem is foodplant of	Notaris scirpi - a weevil (Coleoptera: Erirhinidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
stem	stem is galled by larva	Planetella granifex - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986

Carex may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Benson, R.B., 1958	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Rotheray, G.E., 1993	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006	Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls