Carex pallescens L.
(Pale Sedge)

Interactions where Carex pallescens 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').

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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 urticata var biporula a nettle clustercup rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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 urticata var. biporula/Puccinia urticata var. biporulaa nettle clustercup rusturedium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pallescens/Carex pallescenspale sedgelive uredium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Puccinia urticata var biporula a nettle clustercup rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae 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 urticata var. biporula/Puccinia urticata var. biporulaa nettle clustercup rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pallescens/Carex pallescenspale sedgelive telium parasitises live
leaf leaf is mined by larva Foreign Cerodontha staryi a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Monographie der europäischen Arten der Gattun Cerodontha Rond. (Diptera, Agromyzidae), Nowakowski, J.T., 1973
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha staryi/Cerodontha staryia leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pallescens/Carex pallescenspale sedgeleaf larva mines leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by subsessile, swarming apothecium Pezizella incerta a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Pezizella incerta/Pezizella incertaa discomycetesubsessile, swarmingapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pallescens/Carex pallescenspale sedgedeadleaf (7-11)subsessile, swarming apothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
ovary (live) live ovary is parasitised by sorus UK/Ireland Anthracoidea caricis 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 caricis/Anthracoidea caricisa smut fungussorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pallescens/Carex pallescenspale sedgeliveovary sorus parasitises live ovary
ovary (live) live ovary is parasitised by embedded sorus UK/IrelandRestricted Anthracoidea pseudirregularis a smut fungus Ustilaginales: Anthracoideaceae Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Anthracoideaceae/Anthracoidea pseudirregularis/Anthracoidea pseudirregularisa smut fungusembeddedsorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex pallescens/Carex pallescenspale sedgeliveovarySole embedded sorus parasitises live ovary

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

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Nowakowski, J.T., 1973Monographie der europäischen Arten der Gattun Cerodontha Rond. (Diptera, Agromyzidae)Annales zoologici, Warszawa 31: 1-327.
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungiMycologist 20 (3): 90-96.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCarex pallescens (Pale Sedge)
GenusCarex (sedges)
FamilyCYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
SubclassLILIIDAE (monocotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Carex pallescens (Pale Sedge)

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

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

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