Species

Carex punctata

Etymology

Carex: Latin name for a species of sedge, now applied to the whole group.
punctata: From the Latin punctatus 'dotted', referring to a patten of small round dots

Family

Cyperaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

CARPUN

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Sedges

Year Naturalised

1980

Origin

West and South Europe to S.W. Sweden

This page last updated on 29 Aug 2011