English
name:
Northern Bog sedge
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Own
language name: Laîche dioïque
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Description:
perennial
plant, stems 5-25 cm tall, spikes 8-16 mm long. Each stem has a
single flower-spike wich is either all male or all female. So at
fruiting time either all glumes have fruits or none will. Leaves and
stems are smooth .
Distribution:
In Belgium : campinien, flandrien, ardennais (haute Ardenne,
Haute-Fagnes)
and
lorrain
districts. No more seen recently, perhaps disapered.
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Habitat:
peaty
marshs
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Report about the
reasons of the risk:
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Categoria IUCN: 1, CR - threat of extinction
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Possible solutions:
reintroduction in its habitat.
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Culinary
and/or medicinal properties:
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