Carex elata All.
(Tufted Sedge, Tufted-sedge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCarex elata (Tufted Sedge, Tufted-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 elata (Tufted Sedge, Tufted-sedge) :
1: Carex elata (Tufted Sedge, Tufted-sedge)
28 May 2017 OSIGR: R39 Vice County: Clare (VC H09) Eire
in crack in limestone pavement
Image 1: CatkinsImage 2: Female catkin - close-up - white backgroundImage 3: Female catkin - close-up - white background (2)Image 4: Female catkin - close-up - white background (3)Image 5: Inflorescence - white backgroundImage 6: Male and female catkins - close-up - white backgroundImage 7: Male and female catkins - close-up - white background (2)Image 8: Plant - with flowersImage 9: Plant - with flowers (2)Image 10: Female flowers - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Female flowers - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 12: Male flowers at tip of female catkin - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 13: Male flowers at tip of female catkin - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 14: Male flowers - close-up - enlarged - white background

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Carex elata (Tufted Sedge, Tufted-sedge)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 31 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Carex elata (Tufted Sedge, Tufted-sedge)

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