Carex canescens L., 1753 29% complete

Silvery sedge

Sp. Pl.: 974 (1753)

Data sources

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Sourced9 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record11 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 974 (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 Silvery sedge No source recorded
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Family common name Sedge family No source recorded
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Observations Temp. Northern Hemisphere, New Guinea, S. South America No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 12 cm Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 164, 500
Sourced
Flower color green Sourced
Foliage color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture fine Sourced
Fruit color brown, yellow Sourced
Fruit shape nut Sourced
Growth rate empty Not on the record
Maximum height 48 cm
  • 47.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 92, 164, 468, 500
Differs from sources
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Phenology
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 92, 164, 882
Sourced
Ecology
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 242
Not on the record
Light empty
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments empty
  • 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
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 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Other
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record