Carex echinata Murray
(Star Sedge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCarex echinata (Star 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 echinata (Star Sedge) :
1: Carex echinata (Star Sedge)
22 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in the pond
Image 1: Flowering shootImage 2: Flowering shoot (2)Image 3: InflorescencesImage 4: Inflorescences (2)Image 5: Inflorescences (3)Image 6: Inflorescences (4)Image 7: Inflorescences (5)Image 8: Inflorescences (6)Image 9: Inflorescences (7)Image 10: Utricles

Carex echinata (Star Sedge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Carex echinata (Star Sedge)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Carex echinata (Star Sedge)
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