Long-stalked Yellow-sedge

Carex lepidocarpa

The Long-stalked Yellow-sedge is a tall, grassy plant that grows in wet places. It has long, slender leaves and produces yellowish flowers that attract tiny insects.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Long-stalked Yellow-sedge has bright green, grass-like leaves that grow in dense clumps. Its most distinctive feature is its slender, tall stems (stalks) topped with small, yellow-brown flower spikelets. These spikelets give the plant its 'yellow' name and sway gently in the breeze.

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Long-stalked Yellow-sedge

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Datos interesantes

Its triangular stem feels different from round grass stems, a cool way to tell them apart!

This sedge is like a wetland engineer, helping to clean water naturally as it grows!

Tiny seeds of the Long-stalked Yellow-sedge can float on water, riding currents to new places!

You can find this plant happily growing in places that are wet year-round, like sponges of nature!

Habilidades especiales

Long-stalked Yellow-sedge has specialized roots that help it absorb nutrients and oxygen even in waterlogged, soggy soil.

Long-stalked Yellow-sedge can release tiny pollen grains into the wind, helping it reproduce without needing animal visitors.

Long-stalked Yellow-sedge has long, tough stems that help its flowers catch the wind and stand tall in wetland breezes.

Long-stalked Yellow-sedge can grow in dense clumps, and its roots help hold wetland soil together, preventing it from washing away.

Medidas y detalles

Altura: 20-50 cm
Extensión: 15-30 cm
Tamaño de la flor: 0.5-1.5 cm
Temporada de floración: Late spring to summer
Comestible: No
Toxicidad: Ninguna
Ciclo de vida: Perenne
Método de polinización: Viento

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

European Water Vole

Arvicola terrestris

Volves munch on its roots and stems.

eaten by

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Ducks may eat its small seeds.

shelters

Marsh Wolf Spider

Pardosa amentata

Sedge clumps provide cover for spiders.

Rasgos

Floración

Las plantas con flores son cualquier planta que produce flores como parte de su ciclo reproductivo.

Similar a la hierba

Las plantas similares a la hierba son plantas herbáceas que se asemejan visualmente a las verdaderas hierbas, típicamente con hojas largas y estrechas.

Medicinal

Las plantas medicinales poseen compuestos químicos que pueden utilizarse con fines terapéuticos para tratar enfermedades o mantener la salud.

Imán para polinizadores

Describe plantas que son particularmente atractivas y beneficiosas para una amplia variedad de organismos polinizadores.

Descomponedor

Describe a los organismos que descomponen la materia orgánica muerta, reciclando los nutrientes de vuelta al ecosistema.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.