Carex cuprina (I. Sándor ex Heuff.) Nendtv. ex A. Kern.

Spice In the field Inflorescence Inflorescence 2

Family: CYPERACEAE

Genus: Carex

Sinònims: Carex otrubae Podp. Carex vulpina L. subsp. cuprina (Heuff.) O. Bolòs et Vigo Carex vulpina L. subsp. nemorosa Schinz et Keller

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.

Habitat: Humid soils.

Characteristics: A Carex which we will find near moist areas, often along the side of torrents (dry river beds) and marshes; it has a compact, tip inflorescence of up to 7 cm and intensely triangular stems. Carex divulsa lives in the same environment and it also has a terminal inflorescence but in this case it is not compact but interrupted.