Carex riparia Curtis
(Great Pond-sedge, Greater Pond-sedge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCarex riparia (Great Pond-sedge, Greater Pond-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 riparia (Great Pond-sedge, Greater Pond-sedge) :
1: Carex riparia (Great Pond-sedge, Greater Pond-sedge)
30 Apr 2005 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Leaf Image 2: Ligule - enlarged
2: Carex riparia (Great Pond-sedge, Greater Pond-sedge)
14 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in slight depression
Image 1: Leaf blade - below ligule - by transmitted light - enlargedImage 2: Leaf - lower portion with ligule - by transmitted lightImage 3: Leaf - lower portion with ligule - by transmitted light (2)Image 4: Leaf - lower portion with ligule - by transmitted light (3)Image 5: Ligule area - by transmitted light - enlarged
3: Carex riparia (Great Pond-sedge, Greater Pond-sedge)
3 Jun 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Female glumesImage 2: Male glumesImage 3: UtricleImage 4: Utricle (2)Image 5: Utricle (3)Image 6: Utricle (4)Image 7: Utricle (5)
4: Carex riparia (Great Pond-sedge, Greater Pond-sedge)
18 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Female glumes, styles and utricles

Carex riparia (Great Pond-sedge, Greater Pond-sedge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Carex riparia (Great Pond-sedge, Greater Pond-sedge)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 73 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Carex riparia (Great Pond-sedge, Greater Pond-sedge)
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