Carex firma
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Subgenus: | C. subg. Carex |
| Section: | C. sect. Frigidae |
| Species: | C. firma |
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Carex firma is a species of sedge that grows in the mountains of southern and central Europe.
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[edit] Description
Carex firma forms thick cushions. Its leaves are up to 8 centimetres (3.1 in) long in normal conditions (up to 10 cm or 4 in in moist, sheltered localities), dark green and stiff.[1] The stems are up to 20 cm (7.9 in) tall (exceptionally 30 cm or 12 in), but always at least twice as long as the leaves.[1]
[edit] Ecology
In synecology, Carex firma is a characteristic part of the "Caricetum firmae" (also called "Firmetum"), which is an important community in the alpine zone over calcareous rock.[2]
Carex firma can survive temperatures as low as −50 °C (−58 °F).[3]
[edit] Taxonomy
| External identifiers for Carex firma | |
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| EOL | 1124448 |
| NCBI | 140813 |
Carex firma was first described by Nicolaus Thomas Host in 1797, in his work Synopsis Plantarum in Austria provinciisque adjacentibus sponte crescentium.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b M. A. Fischer, W. Adler & K. Oswald (2005). "Segge, Riedgras / Carex (inkl. Vignea)" (in German). Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol (2nd ed.). Land Oberösterreich, Biologiezentrum des OÖ Landesmuseum, Linz. pp. 1093–1119. ISBN 3-85474-140-5.
- ^ M. A. Fischer, W. Adler & K. Oswald (2005). "Standorts- und Vegetationsökologie" (in German). Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol (2nd ed.). Land Oberösterreich, Biologiezentrum des OÖ Landesmuseum, Linz. pp. 127–135. ISBN 3-85474-140-5.
- ^ Ökke Atıcıa & Barbaros Nalbantoğlu (2003). "Antifreeze proteins in higher plants". Phytochemistry 64 (7): 1187–1196. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00420-5.
- ^ Nicolaus Thomas Host (1797). "Carex". Synopsis Plantarum in Austria provinciisque adjacentibus sponte crescentium. Vienna, Austria: Christian Friedrich Wappler. pp. 502–512. http://books.google.com/books?id=8wIVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA509.
[edit] External links
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