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Description
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
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Internal ID UUID643ff293d667c921580128
Scientific name Carex hostiana
Authority DC.
First published in Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. : 88 (1813)

Description Top

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It was previously found in Massachusetts, but is now extinct in that area.

Carex hostiana, also known as the tawny sedge, is a flowering plant that is native to Europe and northeast Canada. It belongs to the Carex flava species complex and is a rhizomatous perennial with a tufted habit. Its leaves are linear in shape and can reach up to 14 cm in length. The inflorescences are found at the tip of the culm and are in the form of spikes. This species was first described in 1813 and has several synonyms. It is found in various countries in Europe and in Canada, but is now extinct in Massachusetts.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Carex armena Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 426 (1882)
Carex biformis F.W.Schultz Flora 24: 54. 1841 (1841)
Carex biformis var. fertilis F.W.Schultz Flora 24: 55. 1841
Carex distans var. hostiana (DC.) Fiori Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 199 1923
Carex fulva Host Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 4: 53 (1809)
Carex fulvescens Mack. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 239 (1910)
Carex greeniana Dewey Amer. J. Sci. Arts 30: 61 (1836)
Carex hornschuchiana Hoppe Flora 7: 595 (1824)
Carex hornschuchiana var. angustifolia Gaudin Fl. Helv. 6: 100. 1830
Carex hornschuchiana f. approximata Murr Oesterr. Bot. Z. 38: 239 1888
Carex hornschuchiana f. atrata Buchenau Fl. Nordwestdeut. Tiefebene 125 1894
Carex hornschuchiana f. discolor Vollm. Ber. Bayer. Bot. Ges. 9: 57 1904
Carex hornschuchiana subsp. eckeroeensis H.Lindb. & Palmgr. Exsicc. (Pl. Finland.) 9-20: 36. 1916
Carex hornschuchiana var. laurentiana Fernald & Wiegand Rhodora 13: 130 (1911)
Carex hornschuchiana f. longibracteata Peterm. Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss. 511 1846
Carex hornschuchiana f. remota Peterm. Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss. 511 1846
Carex hornschuchiana f. subdistans Neuman Sver. Fl. 695 1901
Carex hostiana var. laurentiana Fernald & Wiegand Rhodora 26: 122 (1924)
Carex speirostachya Sw. ex Sm. Engl. Fl. 4: 98 (1828)
Carex subsalsa Nyman Syll. Fl. Eur. , Suppl.: 69 (1865)
Carex trigona All. Fl. Pedem. 2: 269 (1785)
Trasus fulvus Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 62 (1821 publ. 1822)
Trasus hostianus Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 61 (1821 publ. 1822)
Carex hornschuchiana var. fulva Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 770. 1882
Carex fulva var. subsalsa (Nyman) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 770. 1882
Carex hornschuchiana subsp. subsalsa (Nyman) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 164. 1890 (1890)
Carex hostiana var. eckeroeensis (H.Lindb. & Palmgr.) Hyl. Uppsala Univ. Årsskr. 7: 103 1945

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Language Common/alternative name
English host sedge
English tawny sedge
Belarusian Асака Хоста
Czech ostřice hostova
Welsh hesgen felynllwyd
German hosts segge
German saum-segge
Estonian ääristarn
Finnish hostinsara
French laîche blonde
Upper Sorbian Čerwjenobruna rězna
Latvian hosta grīslis
Norwegian Bokmål engstarr
Dutch blonde zegge
Polish turzyca hosta
Swedish Ängsstarr
Swedish Ängstarr

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Northwest European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Føroyar
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Newfoundland
      • Québec
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Massachusetts

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000347546
Canadensys 4908
USDA Plants CAHO13
Tropicos 9903855
INPN 88578
Flora of Italy 7946
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:300208-1
The Plant List kew-227413
Open Tree Of Life 554311
Observations.org 2404
NCBI Taxonomy 13399
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000002415
Nature Serve 2.154616
IPNI 300208-1
iNaturalist 159979
GBIF 2728963
EPPO CRXHO
EOL 1124252
Elurikkus 3431
Wikipedia Carex_hostiana

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Scrub encroachment promotes biodiversity in temperate European wetlands under eutrophic conditions Brunbjerg AK, Fløjgaard C, Frøslev TG, Andersen DK, Bruun HH, Dalby L, Goldberg I, Lehmann LJ, Moeslund JE, Ejrnæs R Ecol Evol 01-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9627074
doi:10.1002/ece3.9445
PMID:36340817
Can mowing restore boreal rich-fen vegetation in the face of climate change? Ross LC, Speed JD, Øien DI, Grygoruk M, Hassel K, Lyngstad A, Moen A PLoS One 19-Feb-2019
PMCID:PMC6380559
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0211272
PMID:30779747
Changing soil legacies to direct restoration of plant communities Brinkman EP, Raaijmakers CE, de Boer W, van der Putten WH AoB Plants 23-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5597848
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plx038
PMID:28948010

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