Carex sylvatica Huds.
(Wood Sedge, Wood-sedge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCarex sylvatica (Wood Sedge, Wood-sedge)
GenusCarex (sedges)
FamilyCYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Carex sylvatica (Wood Sedge, Wood-sedge) :
1: Carex sylvatica (Wood Sedge, Wood-sedge)
3 May 2015 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
with ripening fruits
Image 1: Female catkin - white backgroundImage 2: Flowering stems - bases - white backgroundImage 3: Flowering stems - tops - white backgroundImage 4: Flowering stems - white backgroundImage 5: Inflorescences - white backgroundImage 6: Plant - oblique viewImage 7: Plant - side viewImage 8: Ripening fruitsImage 9: Terminal catkin - half male / half female - white backgroundImage 10: Terminal catkin - male - white backgroundImage 11: Terminal male catkins - white backgroundImage 12: Female catkin - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 13: Female catkin - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 14: Female catkin - close-up - enlarged - white background (3)Image 15: Female catkin - close-up - enlarged - white background (4)Image 16: Female glumes - highly enlarged - black backgroundImage 17: Female glumes - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 18: Male catkin - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 19: Male glumes - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 20: Utricles - highly enlarged - pale background
2: Carex sylvatica (Wood Sedge, Wood-sedge)
5 May 2002 OSGR: SP22 51° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Image 1: LeavesImage 2: Leaves - in situImage 3: TussockImage 4: Tussock (2)Image 5: Tussock (3)Image 6: TussocksImage 7: Tussock - small and trampledImage 8: Tussock - small and trampled (2)Image 9: Tussock with light behindImage 10: InflorescenceImage 11: Inflorescence (2)Image 12: Leaf - tips - top surface - enlargedImage 13: Leaf - tips - top surface - magnifiedImage 14: Leaf - top surface - magnifiedImage 15: Leaves - top surfaceImage 16: Ligules - magnifiedImage 17: Shoot - floweringImage 18: Shoot - sterileImage 19: Spike - female - magnifiedImage 20: Spike - female - magnified (2)Image 21: Spikes - male and three (of four) femaleImage 22: Spikes - male and two (of four) female - enlargedImage 23: Utricles - magnified

Carex sylvatica (Wood Sedge, Wood-sedge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Carex sylvatica (Wood Sedge, Wood-sedge)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Carex sylvatica (Wood Sedge, Wood-sedge)
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