Carex otrubae, Carex nemorosa, False Fox-Sedge,
Hebrew: כריך שחום, Arabic: سعادى اوتروبا
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| Scientific name: |
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Carex otrubae Podp. |
| Synonym name: |
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Carex nemorosa Rebent., Carex cuprina Nendtv.; Carex vulpina auct. |
| Common name: |
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False fox-sedge |
| Hebrew name: |
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כריך שחום |
| Arabic name: |
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سعادى اوتروبا |
| Plant Family: |
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Cyperaceae, גמאיים |
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| Life form: |
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Hemicryptophyte |
| Stems: |
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30-110 cm; sharply trigonous, sides concave, smooth or scabrous above, grooved |
| Leaves: |
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Alternate, entire |
| Flowers: |
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Green |
| Fruits / pods: |
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Nut, almost spherical, yellow or yellow-brown, glossy, obscurely reticulate |
| Flowering Period: |
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March, April, May |
| Habitat: |
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Humid habitats |
| Distribution: |
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Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon |
| Chorotype: |
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Euro-Siberian – Med – Irano-Turanian |
| Summer shedding: |
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Perennating |
| Derivation of the botanical name:
Carex, cutter, from sharp leaf and stem edges
otrubae, for Joseph Otruba (b.1889), of Moravia.
nemorosa, pertaining to woods and groves.
- The standard author abbreviation Podp.. is used to indicate Josef Podpera (1878–1954), Czech botanist.
- The standard author abbreviation Rebent. is used to indicate Johann Friedrich Rebentisch (1772–1810) , a Prussian botanist.
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