Carex pendula

Botanical Description

Carex pendula is a stout, perennial plant growing from a very robust, rhizomatous rootstock; it produces dense clusters of grass-like leaves with fertile stems around 60 - 150cm tall[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. , 1548 Title Flora Iberica Publication Author Website http://www.floraiberica.es Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Published in book form, the treatments of the various species have also been released on-line in PDF format. Records entered here are all from the on-line PDFs. ]. The plant has been used in the past to make the seating of chairs, though this is possibly no longer practiced. The plant also has potential for use in water purification systems and for remediation of metal-contaminated wetlands.