Carex caryophyllea Latourr.
(Spring Sedge, Spring-sedge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCarex caryophyllea (Spring Sedge, Spring-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 caryophyllea (Spring Sedge, Spring-sedge) :
1: Carex caryophyllea (Spring Sedge, Spring-sedge)
9 Apr 2005 OSGR: SY59 50° 50’ N, 2° 40’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Image 1: Male and female spikes - close-upImage 2: Male spike - close-upImage 3: Plants - in bud - in situ - close-upImage 4: Plants - in bud - in situ - close-up (2)Image 5: Plants - in flower - in situ - close-upImage 6: Plants - in situ
2: Carex caryophyllea (Spring Sedge, Spring-sedge)
5 Apr 2005 OSGR: SP00 51° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: East Glos (VC 33) England
Image 1: Plant in chalk sward

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Carex caryophyllea (Spring Sedge, Spring-sedge)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Carex caryophyllea (Spring Sedge, Spring-sedge)
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