Carex dioica L.
(Dioecious Sedge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCarex dioica (Dioecious 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 dioica (Dioecious Sedge) :
1: Carex dioica (Dioecious Sedge)
16 Jun 2010 OSGR: SD77 54° 10’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Male and female plants in calcareous flush
Image 1: Male spike - close-up - white backgroundImage 2: Female spike - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Female spike - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 4: Female spike - close-up - enlarged - white background (3)Image 5: Male spike - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Male spike - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Pearman, D.A., Preston, C.D. & Dines, T.D. 2002 The New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora British Wildlife Vol 14, No 1: 31-37.

Carex dioica (Dioecious Sedge) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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