Carex panicea

Sedge ( Carex panicea )

The sedge ( Carex panicea ) is a plant from the family of the Sedge family ( Cyperaceae ). The plant is pollinated by the wind ( anemophily ). The cold- germinating seeds are spread by the wind ( Anemochorie ). However, it reproduces vegetatively through its rhizomes or underground runners.

Occurrence

The moderately nutrient demanding sedge flowers from May to July partly flooded waters edges, low and source bogs and on wet oligotrophic grassland. It is distributed throughout Germany, except in the Central German dry areas. In the rest of Europe and parts of Western Asia, it is also to be found. In the eastern U.S. it is considered as a neophyte.

Identifying

The sedge is a perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches the plant height of about 10 to 50 centimeters.

The gray-green hairless sedge is to Various sedges aged men asked, since it has stalked erect male ear, the lockerblütigen the cylindrical upright also dominates two to three female ears, which are stalked about 0.5 to 4 cm long. The yellow-brown sheath of the liner sheet is not inflated. The gray-green leaf blades are about 2 to 6 mm wide and only later often shiny above, but without stomata. The nerveless smooth hoses form of a short, thick beak and include three scars.