Kobresia simpliciuscula (Wahlenb.) Mack.
simple kobresia (simple bog sedge)
Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
simple kobresia (simple bog sedge)
Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial, tufted herb from smooth fibrous roots; stems 7-35 (50) cm tall.
Leaves:
Sheaths brown to yellowish-brown, persistent, with conspicuous dried blades from the previous year at flowering time; blades linear, mostly 0.4-1.5 mm wide, either surpassing or shorter than the stem.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a narrow panicle, 1.5-4 cm long, mostly 3-8 mm wide, with 3 to 12, terminal, erect, 1.2- to 3-mm long, 0.4- to 1.1-mm wide spikes, the spikelets each usually with 1 male and 1 female flower, the male flower above the female flower; involucral bracts solitary, scalelike or leaflike and bristle-tipped.
Fruits:
Scales brownish, with broad, translucent margins; stigmas 3; achenes compressed, 3-angled, 2.3-3 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 simpliciuscula
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) |
1419 | 676 | 2330 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
17 | 0 | 38 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
222 | 170 | 352 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 2 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
10 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BAFA | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(1), BAFA(4), BWBS(2), IDF(1), PP(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Bogs, wet meadows and shallow ponds in the montane and subalpine zones; infrequent in extreme N BC; circumpolar, N to AK, YT and NT, E to NF and S to CO, UT, ID and OR; Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Carex bipartita All.
Kobresia bipartita (All.) Dalla Torre
Kobresia simpliciuscula var. americana Duman