Carex incurviformis Mack.
Curved-spiked Sedge (Bronze Sedge; coastal sand sedge; Curved-spike Sedge; Yellow Sedge)
Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Curved-spiked Sedge (Bronze Sedge; coastal sand sedge; Curved-spike Sedge; Yellow Sedge)
Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial, loosely tufted herb from long-creeping, scaly rhizomes; stems 2-10 cm tall, arising singly, shorter than the leaves.
Leaves:
Sheaths tight, translucent, blunt at the mouths; blades 4 to 7 per stem, crowded toward the base, flat at the base, in-rolled above, 0.7-1.5 mm wide.
Flowers:
Spikes 3 to 5, densely aggregated into a nearly globe-shaped or broadly egg-shaped, 6- to 9-mm long head, scarcely distinguishable, 0.5-0.8 mm long, unstalked, with both female and male flowers, the male flowers towards the tips; bractless.
Fruits:
Perigynia few, egg-shaped, 3.5-4 mm long, 1.2-1.5 mm wide, plano-convex, appressed, spreading at maturity, brown, smooth, shiny, faintly nerved, short-stalked, the beaks short, about 1 mm long, bidentate; female scales broadly egg-shaped, shorter than the perigynia, pointed, the upper ones round-tipped, brown, the centres lighter, the margins translucent; stigmas 2; achenes lens-shaped, yellowish-brown, smooth, 1.2-1.5 mm long.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Carex incurviformis
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
2675 | 2675 | 2675 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
44 | 42 | 46 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
229 | 187 | 272 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 3 | 3 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
2 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
IMA | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
ESSF(1), IMA(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Mesic to dry meadows and rocky slopes in the alpine zone; rare in N, SC and SE BC; N to AK, YT and NT, E to AB and S to MT and ID.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Carex maritima var. incurviformis (Mack.) B. Boivin
Carex maritima var. setina (Christ) Fernald