Carex nigra (L.) Reichard
(Common Sedge)

Interactions where Carex nigra is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is foodplant of larva or cocoon UK/IrelandQuestionable Plateumaris rustica a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris rustica/Plateumaris rusticaa reed beetlelarva or cocoon Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedge? larva or cocoon feeds on
has sap sucked by adult Major Cymus glandicolor a seedbug Hemiptera: Lygaeidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Cymus glandicolor/Cymus glandicolora seedbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedgeMajor adult sucks sap of
has sap sucked by nymph Major Cymus glandicolor a seedbug Hemiptera: Lygaeidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Cymus glandicolor/Cymus glandicolora seedbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedgeMajor nymph sucks sap of
(live) live is parasitised by telium Rare Puccinia caricina var pringsheimiana Gooseberry Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia caricina var. pringsheimiana/Puccinia caricina var. pringsheimianagooseberry rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedgeliveRare telium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Rare Puccinia caricina var pringsheimiana Gooseberry Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia caricina var. pringsheimiana/Puccinia caricina var. pringsheimianagooseberry rusturedium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedgeliveRare uredium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Major Puccinia paludosa a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia paludosa/Puccinia paludosaa rust fungusuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedgeliveMajor uredium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Major Puccinia paludosa a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia paludosa/Puccinia paludosaa rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedgeliveMajor telium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Puccinia uliginosa a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia uliginosa/Puccinia uliginosaa rust fungusuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedgelive uredium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Puccinia uliginosa a rust fungus Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia uliginosa/Puccinia uliginosaa rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedgelive telium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Major Puccinia urticata var urticae-acutae a nettle clustercup rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia urticata var. urticae-acutae/Puccinia urticata var. urticae-acutaea nettle clustercup rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedgeliveMajor telium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Major Puccinia urticata var urticae-acutae a nettle clustercup rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia urticata var. urticae-acutae/Puccinia urticata var. urticae-acutaea nettle clustercup rusturedium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedgeliveMajor uredium parasitises live
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Plateumaris rustica a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris rustica/Plateumaris rusticaa reed beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedgeleaf (4-7(-9)adult grazes on leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta sodalis a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta sodalis/Ascochyta sodalisa coelomycetepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedgedeadleaf (12-7)pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Stagonospora caricinella a coelomycete Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora caricinella/Stagonospora caricinellaa coelomycetepycnidiumStagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedgedeadleaf pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by sorus UK/IrelandQuestionable Urocystis fischeri a smut fungus Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis fischeri/Urocystis fischeria smut fungussorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedge?liveleaf sorus parasitises live leaf
stem (upper parts) stem (upper parts) is parasitised by scattered sporodochium Myriosclerotinia sulcatula a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia sulcatula/Myriosclerotinia sulcatulaa discomycetescatteredsporodochium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedgestem (upper parts) (late summer)scattered sporodochium parasitises stem (upper parts)
stem stem is parasitised by sclerotioid, long and slender stalked apothecium Myriosclerotinia sulcatula a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia sulcatula/Myriosclerotinia sulcatulaa discomycetesclerotioid, long and slender stalkedapothecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedgestem (4-6)sclerotioid, long and slender stalked apothecium parasitises stem
stem stem is parasitised by sclerotium Myriosclerotinia sulcatula a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia sulcatula/Myriosclerotinia sulcatulaa discomycetesclerotium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/Carex nigracommon sedgestem (autumn onwards)sclerotium parasitises stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Carex nigra (Common Sedge) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCarex nigra (Common 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Carex nigra (Common Sedge)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Carex nigra (Common Sedge):

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