Cyperaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Carex rostrata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Carex rostrata is a perennial plant growing from a shortly rhizomatous rootstock. It produces clusters of grass-like leaves around 30 - 60cm or more 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials. Carex rostrata is widespread with stable populations and does not face any major threats. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2014)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeMost of the northern Hemisphere, north of around 45°N, through N. America, Europe and Asia as far north as the Arctic Circle

HabitatA characteristic species of pools in acid bogs, also found in ditches, swamps, wet meadows, wet woodland and the margins of lakes, ponds, river and streams usually in oligotrophic or mesotrophic conditions, occasionally in dune-slacks[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].