Carex nigra (L.) Reichard

Common Sedge

Minimum height	10
Maximal height	25
Life form	He-Ge(HH)
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	G
Ujvárosi's life form system	NA
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	G
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	G_rhiz

Chromosome number	82, 83, 84, 85
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	51
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	1.7.1
Nativeness	native species
Residence time
Introduction mode
Invasion status
Area type	KOZ
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)
Year of protection
IUCN Red List category	LC
Hungarian Red List category	NT
Conservation value category	V

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	8
EIV T	x
EIV K	3
EIV F	8
EIV R	3
EIV N	2
EIV S	1
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	5
WZ-scale	9
RZ-scale	3
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	2-3
FS- scale	4
RS- scale	2
NS-scale	1-2
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	5
WB-scale	9
RB-scale	6
NB-scale	2
LB-scale	8
CB-scale	3
SB-scale	1

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	708.733
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	348.182
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	16.823
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	0.121
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	42.133

Distribution in Hungary

Distribution maps presented here are only for reference purposes, for more details see the Vascular plants of Hungary online database.

Last update: 3 February 2022.