Carex praecox Schreb., 1771 22% complete

Early sedge

Spic. Fl. Lips.: 63 (1771)


Data sources

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Sourced5 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Schreb. No source recorded
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Bibliography Spic. Fl. Lips.: 63 (1771) 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 1771 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Early sedge No source recorded
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Family common name Sedge family No source recorded
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Observations Europe to SW. Siberia and Mongolia No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 17 cm
  • 16.75 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 500, 818, 898, 918, 926
Differs from sources
Biological type geophyte
  • geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 71, 164, 500, 918
Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Maximum height 33 cm
  • 32.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 500, 818, 898, 918, 926
Differs from sources
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Phenology
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Light empty Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments empty
  • 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Soil salinity 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline)
  • 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 51 cm Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record