Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980) as Carex cuprina (Heuff.) A. Kern., Publ. Fac. Sci. Univ. Masaryk12: 15 (1922). The accepted name in The Euro+Med Plantbase (source: Jiménez-Mejías & Luceño, 2011+) is Carex cuprina (Heuff.) A. Kern. in Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 13: 566. 1863.
Distribution: Native to Macaronesia, Europe, from the Mediterranean to Pakistan and Xinjiang according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Habitat: Wet habitats – streams, river banks.
Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Late spring to early summer: MAY, JUN.
Carex cuprina – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – inflorescence. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – inflorescence. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – inflorescence. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – inflorescence. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – inflorescence. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – spikelets with developed female flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – spikelets with developed female flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – spikelets with developed female flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – spikelets with developed female flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – spikelets with developing urticles and male flowers on top of spikelet. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – inflorescence with developing urticles and male flowers on top of spikelet. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – spikelets with developing urticles and male flowers on top of spikelet. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – spikelets with developing urticles and male flowers on top of spikelet. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – spikelets with developing urticles. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – spikelets with developing urticles. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – spikelets with developing urticles. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex cuprina – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
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