Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.
(Stiff Sedge)

Interactions where Carex bigelowii is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
(live)		live is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia paludosa	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia paludosa/	Puccinia paludosa	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex bigelowii/	Carex bigelowii	stiff sedge		live			Minor			uredium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Puccinia paludosa	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia paludosa/	Puccinia paludosa	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex bigelowii/	Carex bigelowii	stiff sedge		live			Minor			telium parasitises live
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by immersed, then exposed by shedding operculum of host epidermis apothecium			Hysteronaevia olivacea	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Hysteronaevia olivacea/	Hysteronaevia olivacea	a discomycete		immersed, then exposed by shedding operculum of host epidermis		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex bigelowii/	Carex bigelowii	stiff sedge		dead	leaf				(6-7)	immersed, then exposed by shedding operculum of host epidermis apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by erumpent apothecium			Pyrenopeziza fuscescens	a discomycete	Helotiales: Dermateaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pyrenopeziza fuscescens/	Pyrenopeziza fuscescens	a discomycete		erumpent		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex bigelowii/	Carex bigelowii	stiff sedge		dead	leaf				(7)	erumpent apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by apothecium			Hypoderma alpinum	an ascomycete	Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Rhytismatales/Rhytismataceae/Hypoderma alpinum/	Hypoderma alpinum	an ascomycete				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex bigelowii/	Carex bigelowii	stiff sedge		dead	leaf				(7)	apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
ovary (live)		live ovary is parasitised by sorus			Anthracoidea bigelowii	a smut fungus	Ustilaginales: Anthracoideaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Anthracoideaceae/Anthracoidea bigelowii/	Anthracoidea bigelowii	a smut fungus				sorus	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex bigelowii/	Carex bigelowii	stiff sedge		live	ovary					sorus parasitises live ovary

Carex bigelowii (Stiff Sedge) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Carex
(sedges)

CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Carex bigelowii (Stiff Sedge)
Genus	Carex (sedges)
Family	CYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
Order	POALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
Subclass	LILIIDAE (monocotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Carex bigelowii is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Liliidae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Carex bigelowii (Stiff Sedge)

Carex bigelowii (Stiff Sedge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Carex
(sedges)

CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Carex bigelowii (Stiff Sedge):

Carex
(sedges)

CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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