Carex pulicaris L.
(Flea Sedge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCarex pulicaris (Flea 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 pulicaris (Flea Sedge) :
1: Carex pulicaris (Flea Sedge)
26 May 2017 OSIGR: M00 Vice County: Clare (VC H09) Eire
In hole in limestone pavement
Image 1: Fruiting head - close-up - natural backgroundImage 2: Plant - in flower/fruit
2: Carex pulicaris (Flea Sedge)
3 Jul 2005 OSGR: SO23 51° 60’ N, 3° 10’ W Vice County: Brecon (VC 42) Wales
Image 1: Plants - against waterImage 2: Plants - against water (2)Image 3: Plants - against water (3)
3: Carex pulicaris (Flea Sedge)
2 Jul 2005 OSGR: SO23 51° 60’ N, 3° 10’ W Vice County: Brecon (VC 42) Wales
beside rock by hill stream
Image 1: Inflorescence - in situ - close-upImage 2: Inflorescence - in situ - close-up - pale backgroundImage 3: Inflorescences - close-up - pale backgroundImage 4: Inflorescences - in situImage 5: Inflorescences - in situ - close-up - pale backgroundImage 6: Inflorescences - in situ - close-up - pale background (2)Image 7: In situImage 8: In situ - close-upImage 9: Plants - pale backgroundImage 10: Ovule and LS - highly enlargedImage 11: Utricles - highly enlarged

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Carex pulicaris (Flea Sedge)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Carex pulicaris (Flea Sedge)
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