Carex pallescens
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Cyperaceae›Carex›Carex pallescens
Ecology
A perennial herb of damp grassland, woodland rides and clearings and stream banks; usually on moist, mildly acidic to neutral soils. In the Scottish mountains and some of the hills of northern England it is found on acidic, wet grassy slopes. Lowland to 790 m in Atholl (E. Perth).
Status
Native
Trends
C. pallescens was mapped as `all records` in the 1962 Atlas. There has clearly been a marked decline in many areas; analysis of the database reveals that most of the losses have occurred since 1950.
World Distribution
Eurosiberian Boreo-temperate element; also in N. America.
© P. Shannon
Grass Wood, vc64
© P. Shannon
Grass Wood, vc64
© P. Shannon
Broad Habitats
Broadleaved, mixed and yew woodland
Light (Ellenberg): 6
Moisture (Ellenberg): 6
Reaction (Ellenberg): 5
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 4
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.2
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1236
Height (cm): 60
Perennation - primary
Perennial
Life Form - primary
Hemicryptophyte
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Tussock-forming graminoid, may slowly spread
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 1596
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 183
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 1
Atlas Change Index: -0.51
Weighted Changed Factor: -10
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
22
JNCC Designations
NBNSYS0000002434