Carex acuta L., 1753 47% complete

Slender tufted-sedge

Sp. Pl.: 978 (1753)

Data sources

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Sourced8 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded18 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 978 (1753) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Slender tufted-sedge No source recorded
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Family common name Sedge family No source recorded
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Observations Azores, Europe to Mongolia and W. Iran No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 77 cm
  • 77 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 88, 116, 174, 178, 203, 500, 897, 918
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 174, 178, 203, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower conspicuous false No source recorded
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Foliage texture medium Differs from sources
Fruit conspicuous false No source recorded
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Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth form Rhizomatous No source recorded
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Growth habit Graminoid No source recorded
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Growth rate Slow No source recorded
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Maximum height 120 cm
  • 120 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 88, 116, 174, 178, 203, 500, 897, 918
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months jan, may Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 178, 203, 818, 918
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Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 8 / 9 · very humid air No source recorded
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Ground humidity empty
  • 9 / 12 · amphibious part of the year (seasonal helophyte) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
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Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 7 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record