Carex sempervirens

{{Short description|Species of plant in the sedge family}}

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| genus = Carex

| species = sempervirens

| authority = Vill.Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 214 (1787)

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• Carex alpestris Gaudin
• Carex alpina Schrank
• Carex arida Schleich
• Carex erecta DC
• Carex ferruginea Schkuhr
• Carex firma var. subalpina Wahlenb
• Carex granitica Braun-Blanq
• Carex murrii Appel
• Carex sempervirens f. albicans Lackow
• Carex sempervirens var. angustata B.Kotula
• Carex sempervirens var. aurigerana Marcailhou
• Carex sempervirens var. aurigerana Marcailhou
• Carex sempervirens f. coarctata Huter
• Carex sempervirens f. fastigiata Lackow
• Carex sempervirens subsp. granitica (Braun-Blanq.)
• Carex sempervirens var. laevis (Kit. ex Willd.)
• Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis Kit.
• Carex sempervirens f. laxiflora Schur
• Carex sempervirens var. pseudotristis Domin
• Carex sempervirens subsp. pseudotristis (Domin)
• Carex sempervirens f. pumila Schur
• Carex sempervirens f. rigida Schur
• Carex sempervirens f. schkuhriana Bonnet
• Carex sempervirens f. semipallescens Kneuck
• Carex sempervirens var. setifolia Kumm. & Sendtn
• Carex sempervirens subsp. silicicola Holub
• Carex sempervirens f. stenophylla Schur
• Carex sempervirens subsp. tatrorum (Zapał.)
• Carex sempervirens var. trichocarpa Schur
• Carex sempervirens f. villarsiana Bonnet & J.A.Richt
• Carex tatrorum (Zapał.)
• Carex trichocarpa Schur
• Carex tristis var. tatrorum Zapał
• Carex varia Host
• Carex wazmanni Schrank.
• Trasus erectus (DC.)

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Carex sempervirens, called the evergreen sedge, is a species of tussock-forming flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to the mountains of Europe.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:302193-1 |title=Carex sempervirens Vill. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=5 January 2021 }} It is common in nutrient-limited grasslands above and below the treeline.{{cite journal |title=Carex sempervirens tussocks induce spatial heterogeneity in litter decomposition, but not in soil properties, in a subalpine grassland in the Central Alps |year=2011 |last1=Yu |first1=Fei-Hai |last2=Schütz |first2=Martin |last3=Page-Dumroese |first3=Deborah S. |last4=Krüsi |first4=Bertil O. |last5=Schneller |first5=Jakob |last6=Wildi |first6=Otto |last7=Risch |first7=Anita C. |journal=Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants |volume=206 |issue=4 |pages=373–379 |doi=10.1016/j.flora.2010.08.003 |s2cid=85884957 }}