Carex saxatilis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 976 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. Europe to Russian Far East, Subarctic America to E. Canada. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

East European Russia, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Kamchatka, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Mongolia, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Svalbard, Sweden, West Siberia, Yakutskiya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2017). http://www.mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.324.1.4/12591. epublication.
  • Gorchakovskii, P.L. & al. (1994). Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Nauka, Moscow.
  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Jermy, C., Simpson, D., Foley, M. & Porter, M. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 1, ed. 3: 1-554. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London.
  • Koopman, J. (2011). Carex Europaea. The Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe 1: 1-726. Margraf publishers,Weikersheim, Germany.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Jermy, C., Simpson, D., Foley, M. & Porter, M. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 1, ed. 3: 1-554. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London.
  • Koopman, J. (2011). Carex Europaea. The Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe 1: 1-726. Margraf publishers,Weikersheim, Germany.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1990 s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000960503 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Dickson, J.J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000960504 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 8, 1840 S.coll. [656] United Kingdom K001615139 Yes
Sadler, J. [268] United Kingdom K002960441 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960442 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [223] Iceland K002960487 Yes
Sewell [2] Sweden K002960530 Yes
Moe, N. [s.n.] Norway K002960514 Yes
CCT [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960460 Yes
Nannfeldt, J.A. [5384] Sweden K002960546 Yes
Nannfeldt, J.A. [s.n.] Norway K002960563 Yes
{Dahlberg, A.; Andersson} [1831] K002960554 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [224] Iceland K002960488 Yes
Sørensen, T. [3125] Greenland K002563656 Yes
Booth, F. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960429 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Greenland K002563654 Yes
MacKechnie, R.; Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960418 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Norway K001734872 Yes
Wolfe, J. [1071-2] United States K002563681 Yes
[Lyug [s.n.] Norway K002960507 Yes
Richardson [3] Canada K002563671 Yes
Nanfeldt, J.A. [s.n.] Sweden K002960540 Yes
Nannfeldt, J.A. [s.n.] Sweden K002960550 Yes
[illegibl [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960481 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [5952] United Kingdom K002960452 Yes
Meinertzhagen, R.; T. Cla[y] [633] Iceland K002960483 Yes
[illegibl [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960482 Yes
{Wm West F. L. S} [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960408 Yes
Kriwoscheja, N. [s.n.] K002960524 Yes
Nannfeldt, J.A. [7059] Sweden K002960551 Yes
Wright, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960423 Yes
{Booth, F.; Wight} [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960478 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960401 Yes
Sinker, C.A. [123] Norway K002960508 Yes
Schilling, A.D. [101] Norway K002960499 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960463 Yes
MacKechnie, R.; Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960416 Yes
Richardson [[295]] Canada K002563670 Yes
Baenitz, C. [s.n.] Norway K002960513 Yes
Nanfeldt, J.A. [s.n.] Sweden K002960535 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001734868 Yes
Samuelsson, G.; Zander, A. [s.n.] Sweden K002960553 Yes
Drejer [s.n.] Iceland K001734869 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960446 Yes
MacKechnie, R.; Wallace, E.C. [4352] United Kingdom K002960465 Yes
C.C.T. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960461 Yes
Nannfeldt, J.A. [s.n.] Norway K002960562 Yes
Wright, F.R.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960420 Yes
Nelmes, E. [410] United Kingdom K002960422 Yes
Baker, E.G.; Nicholson, W.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960405 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960470 Yes
Hartz, J.; Ostenfeld, C. [s.n.] K002960492 Yes
Nannfeldt, J.A. [s.n.] Norway K002960500 Yes
Alm, C.G. [2733] Sweden K002960526 Yes
Levan, A. [s.n.] Sweden K002960544 Yes
Nannfeldt, J.A. [7060] Sweden K002960549 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960424 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960458 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sweden K002960520 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960471 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [28065] United Kingdom K002960404 Yes
[illegibl [273] K002960521 Yes
[Deysso [s.n.] Greenland K002563672 Yes
{Col. H. W. Feilden} [s.n.] Russia K002960555 Yes
Nanfeldt, J.A. [s.n.] Sweden K002960536 Yes
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] K002960531 Yes
Worsdell, W.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960410 Yes
Macoun, J.M. [s.n.] Canada K002563675 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Norway K002960511 Yes
Alm, C.G. [1764] Sweden K002960576 Yes
C.C.T. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960473 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960457 Yes
{Lady Davy} [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960413 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Norway K002960509 Yes
Smith, N.J.G. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960450 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Sweden K002960577 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Norway K001734871 No
illegible [G1046] Sweden K002960542 Yes
Hall, P.M. [3213] United Kingdom K002960419 Yes
Alm, C.G. [1527] Sweden K002960543 Yes
{Kempe; Almquist} [208] Sweden K002960533 Yes
Macoun, J. [s.n.] Canada K002563668 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960453 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960439 Yes
Bell, R. [s.n.] Canada K002563674 Yes
Graham [2] United Kingdom K002960427 Yes
s.coll. [268] United Kingdom K002960432 Yes
C.E.S. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960456 Yes
Edees, E.S. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960421 Yes
Resvoll-Dieset, H. [s.n.] Svalbard K002960495 Yes
Boott, F.; Richardson, J. [s.n.] United States K002563678 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960468 Yes
{Col. H. W. Feilden} [s.n.] Russia K002960556 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960443 Yes
Cody, W.J.; Spicer, K.W. [12062] Canada K002563664 Yes
MacKechnie, R.; Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960475 Yes
Alm, C.G. [s.n.] Sweden K002960537 Yes
[C. J. R. Norman] [s.n.] Norway K002960505 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960448 Yes
MacKechnie, R. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960455 Yes
Lituino, D. [6428] Russia K002218920 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001734873 Yes
Sowell [17] Sweden K002960529 Yes
Salmon, C.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960411 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960407 Yes
Wahlberg, P.F. [s.n.] Norway K002960504 Yes
Martin, A.R.H.; Brenan, R.A.F. [127] United Kingdom K002960403 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960466 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002960561 Yes
Lituino, D. [6428] Russia K002218921 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960462 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960428 Yes
Brainerd, E. [s.n.] United States K002563679 Yes
{Boott, F.; Drummond} [s.n.] United States K002563683 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960430 Yes
[illegible]; Hoppe [5] K002960559 Yes
{Andersson, N.J.; Th. M. Fries} [10/71] K001734874 Yes
Hartz, J.; Ostenfeld, C. [s.n.] K002960493 Yes
[Sewel [s.n.] Sweden K002960527 Yes
Thornton, C.W. [2373] United States K002563660 Yes
Nygren, A. [s.n.] Sweden K002960538 Yes
Nanfeldt, J.A. [s.n.] Sweden K002960547 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960469 Yes
Seward, A.C.; Holttum, R.E. [1921] Greenland K002563652 Yes
Bishop, H. [174b] Canada K002563665 Yes
Sandwith, C.I.; Sandwith, N.Y. [884] United Kingdom K002960445 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960467 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960435 Yes
Lousley, J.E. [2092] United Kingdom K002960459 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Norway K002960491 Yes
Johnsson, N. [s.n.] K002960545 Yes
Christensson, C. [s.n.] Sweden K002960539 Yes
[B. Soczawa] [s.n.] Russia K002218922 Yes
Lagerheim, N.G.; Sjögren, G. [1040] Sweden K002960523 Yes
Britton, C.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960436 Yes
Loczawa, B. [s.n.] Russia K002218923 Yes
Nannfeldt, J.A. [5382] Sweden K002960548 Yes
Kjellman, F.R.; Lundström, A.N. [s.n.] Russia K002960522 Yes
Hutchison, S.W. [327] United States K002563659 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Russia K002218924 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960417 Yes
Nannfeldt, J.A. [7055] Sweden K002960552 Yes
Fernald, M.L. [s.n.] United States K002563684 Yes
Sørensen, T. [3123] Greenland K002563657 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Norway K002960517 Yes
Thedenius, K.F. [s.n.] K002960525 Yes
Nannfeldt, J.A. [s.n.] Norway K002960516 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960447 Yes
[J. [s.n.] K001734870 No
Turrill, W.B. [221] Iceland K002960486 Yes
Vaage, J. [s.n.] Greenland K002563653 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Canada K002563680 Yes
Richardson, J. [s.n.] Canada K002563667 Yes
[A. M. Acock] [6] Svalbard K002960494 Yes
L. L. Laestadius [Laestadt] [s.n.] Norway K002960502 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960449 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960426 Yes
Nannfeldt, J.A. [s.n.] Norway K002960515 Yes
[illegibl [s.n.] Sweden K002960541 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [298] Iceland K002960489 Yes
Drejer [s.n.] Iceland K002960484 No
{Lagerheim, N.G.; Sjögren, G.; Parlatore} [4] K002960558 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960479 Yes
Scoggan, H.J.; Baldwin, W.K.W. [8274] Canada K002563677 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001734867 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960431 Yes
Salomon, C.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960412 Yes
Groves, J. [1725] United Kingdom K002960437 Yes
[illegibl [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960477 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [123] Iceland K002960490 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Norway K002960510 Yes
Sonder [s.n.] Norway K002960503 Yes
s.coll. [1725] United Kingdom K002960409 Yes
Malmberg, A.J. [s.n.] K001734875 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Bayard Long [use B. H. Long]; J. M. Fogg Jr. [1471] Canada K002563666 Yes
[W. Bellows] [2452] Iceland K002960485 Yes
[illegibl [s.n.] Sweden K002960560 Yes
Holmes, E.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960440 Yes
Watson, H.C. [1233] United Kingdom K002960451 Yes
Malte, M.O. [120464] Canada K002563669 Yes
Weiz, S. [s.n.] Canada K002563663 Yes
MacKechnie, R.; Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960474 Yes
Booth, F.; Grahame [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960425 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Norway K002960518 Yes
Wallace, E.C.; R.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960414 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960472 Yes
[M. Anderson] [s.n.] Norway K001734866 Yes
Hunt, G.E. [268] United Kingdom K002960434 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Norway K002960506 Yes
MacKechnie, R.; Wallace, E.C. [6122] United Kingdom K002960476 Yes
Schylter, C.O. [s.n.] Sweden K002960532 Yes
MacKechnie, R.; Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960415 Yes
s.coll. [1478] United Kingdom K002960438 Yes
Gillett, J.M. [2220] Canada K002563676 Yes
W.A.S. [44] United Kingdom K002960454 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960402 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Norway K002960512 Yes
Sewell [15] Sweden K002960528 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960480 Yes
MacKechnie, R.; Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960464 Yes
Nelson, A.; Nelson, E. [6703] United States K002563682 Yes
Neuman, L.M. [765] Norway K002960575 Yes
Acock, A.M. [5] Svalbard K002960497 Yes
Saarela, J.M.; Sokoloff, P.C.; Bull, R.D. [3911] Canada K002563661 Yes
Weiz, S. [s.n.] Canada K002563662 Yes
Aheaey, G. [268] Sweden K002960534 Yes
Harvey, H.H. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960406 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Norway K002960519 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Wiegand, K.M. [2956] Canada K002563673 Yes
Dobbs, G.C. [s.n.] Svalbard K002960498 Yes
Acock, A.M. [11] Svalbard K002960496 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002960433 Yes
Ekstam, O. [226] K002960557 Yes
Rothrock, J.T. [82] Canada K002563655 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sweden K001734876 Yes
S.coll. [655] United Kingdom Carex pulla K002960360 Yes
s.coll. [189] Russia Carex ensifolia K002215702 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Carex ensifolia K002219049 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Russia Carex ensifolia K002219051 Yes
Poplawska, H.; Sukatscher, V.; Zinserling, G. [s.n.] Russia Carex ensifolia K002219050 Yes
Tolmatchaw, A. [634] Russia Carex ensifolia K002219053 Yes
[illegible] [922] Russia Carex ensifolia K002219055 Yes
Yegorova; Siplivinski [s.n.] Russia Carex ensifolia K002219054 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Russia Carex ensifolia K002219052 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Russia Carex ensifolia K002215701 Yes
[illegible] [922] Russia Carex ensifolia K002219056 Yes
Calder, J.A.; Taylor, R.L. [35369] Canada Carex physocarpa K002563645 Yes
McCalla, W.C. [2346] Canada Carex physocarpa K002563638 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [534] United States Carex physocarpa K002563626 Yes
Soule, G.W.; M.D. [498] United States Carex physocarpa K002563625 Yes
Richardson [s.n.] Canada Carex physocarpa K002563637 Yes
Macoun, J. [64032] Canada Carex physocarpa K002563640 Yes
Macoun, J. [64033] Canada Carex physocarpa K002563643 Yes
Macoun, J. [53891] Canada Carex physocarpa K002563642 Yes
Polunin, N. [s.n.] United States Carex physocarpa K002563631 Yes
Anderson, J.P. [2630] United States Carex physocarpa K002563627 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [4024] United States Carex physocarpa K002563622 Yes
Johnston, E.C. [s.n.] United States Carex physocarpa K002563624 Yes
Norberg, I.L. [s.n.] United States Carex physocarpa K002563630 Yes
Macoun, J. [53890] Canada Carex physocarpa K002563641 Yes
Richardson [2071] United States Carex physocarpa K002563634 Yes
Bethel, E.; Schmoll, H.M.; Clokey, I.W. [4057] United States Carex physocarpa K002563650 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [3160] United States Carex physocarpa K002563623 Yes
Drummond [3] United States Carex physocarpa K002563648 Yes
Calder, J.A.; Kukkonen, I.T.K. [27939] Canada Carex physocarpa K002563644 Yes
[Duekett Cove] [s.n.] Canada Carex physocarpa K002563636 Yes
Polunin, N. [s.n.] United States Carex physocarpa K002563633 Yes
Calder, J.A. [6580] United States Carex physocarpa K002563635 Yes
Nelson, A. [7937] United States Carex physocarpa K002563647 Yes
Anderson, J.P.; Brown, R.G. [10095] United States Carex physocarpa K002563629 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [2581] United States Carex physocarpa K002563632 Yes
Macoun, J. [51] Canada Carex physocarpa K002563639 Yes
Clokey, I.W. [3324] United States Carex physocarpa K002563649 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [2062] United States Carex physocarpa K002563628 Yes
Leschke, H. [s.n.] United States Carex physocarpa K002563651 Yes
Calder, J.A.; Savile, D.B.O.; Taylor, R.L. [22754] Canada Carex physocarpa K002563646 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Russia Carex procerula K002219109 Yes
Yarowoi, M. [s.n.] Russia Carex procerula K002219107 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Russia Carex procerula K002219110 Yes
Yzakgow, N. [s.n.] Russia Carex procerula K002219106 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Russia Carex procerula K002219108 Yes

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