Carex extensa Good

Spice Detail In the field

Family: CYPERACEAE

Genus: Carex

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Litoral marshes and riparian. Salt marshes.

Characteristics: A caespitose plant that lives in wetlands, often on saline soils. It has more than two spikes per stem, protected by a large axilliary leaf that is very characteristic. The male spikes are linear and the female spikes, upon fructification, are very dense and are formed by seeds that are individually closed inside of a vesicle with a very evident beak.