Kobresia myosuroides (Vill.) Fiori
Bellard's kobresia (Bellardi bog sedge)
Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Bellard's kobresia (Bellardi bog sedge)
Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial, densely tufted herb from smooth, fibrous roots; stems slender, wiry, more or less circular in cross-section, tapered, 5-40 cm tall, more often surpassing or sometimes shorter than the leaves.
Leaves:
Numerous; basal sheaths brownish to dark brown, persistent and conspicuous, densely-packed, shredded, generally lacking blades; blades very slender and wiry, flat to folded or in-rolled, mostly 0.3-0.6 mm wide.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a solitary, terminal, erect, slender, 1- to 3-cm long, 2- to 3-mm wide spike, the spikelets each with 1 male and 1 female flower, the male flower above the female flower; involucral bracts solitary, scalelike or short and leafy.
Fruits:
Scales 2.5-3.5 mm long, brown, the margins broadly translucent, sometimes rough, otherwise smooth; stigmas 2 or 3; achenes compressed, 3-angled, 1.5-3 mm long.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Kobresia myosuroides
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 |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1867 | 604 | 2625 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
19 | 0 | 70 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
200 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 0 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
137 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BAFA | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(21), BAFA(56), BWBS(1), ESSF(33), IMA(12), MH(2), MS(1), SBPS(5), SWB(5) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Mesic to dry meadows, rock outcrops and ridges in the montane to alpine zones; frequent in BC in and E of the Coast-Cascade Mountains; circumpolar, N to AK, YT and NT, E to Labr. and S to NM, UT and CA; Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Elyna bellardii (All.) C. Koch
Kobresia bellardii (All.) K. Koch