Carex sylvatica
Common names
wood sedge
Biostatus
Exotic
Conservation status
Not applicable
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Sedges
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Year naturalised
1969
Origin
Europe, N. Africa, temperate Asia
Other information
Etymology
carex: Latin name for a species of sedge, now applied to the whole group.
sylvatica: From the Latin sylva ‘forest’, meaning growing in the forest