Carex distans L.

Spice

Family: CYPERACEAE

Genus: Carex

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

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. Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Salt marshes.

Characteristics: This Carex lives in wet areas, characterized by the male flower spicules, situated upon a pedicel, while female spicules are located below, emerging from a bractal axil. Never the less, for classification, as for all Carex, it would be prudent to use an identification key.