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	Carex atrata L.

Fam.: Cyperaceae / Sedge Fam.

Genus: Carex L.

There are two rather similarly looking parallel species of Carex atrata, the taller Carex aterrima and the smaller Carex parviflora.

Authors:
	L.:	Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Carex:	carere = missing (seeds are missing at the upper male spike of many species)
	atrata:	dark
	aterrima:	deep black
	parviflora:	small-flowered

Fig. 1: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Wölzer Tauern, Hoher Zinken 24.7.2021

Fig. 2: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Wölzer Tauern, Hoher Zinken 24.7.2021

Fig. 3: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Wölzer Tauern, Hoher Zinken 24.7.2021

Fig. 4: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Wölzer Tauern, Hoher Zinken 24.7.2021

Fig. 5: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Carinthia, Petzen 2.7.2010

Fig. 6: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Carinthia, Petzen 2.7.2010

Fig. 7: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Carinthia, Petzen 2.7.2010

Fig. 8: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Carinthia, Petzen 21.7.2007

Fig. 9: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Carinthia, Petzen 21.7.2007

Fig. 10: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Carinthia, Petzen 8.8.2016

Fig. 11: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Carinthia, Petzen 8.8.2016

Fig. 12: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Carinthia, Petzen 8.8.2016

Fig. 13: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Carinthia, Petzen 8.8.2016

Fig. 14: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Rax 28.6.2020

Fig. 15: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Rax 28.6.2020

Fig. 16: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Rax 28.6.2020

Fig. 17: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Bad Gastein 29.6.2025

Fig. 18: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Bad Gastein 29.6.2025

Fig. 19: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Bad Gastein 29.6.2025

Fig. 20: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Großglockner 30.6.2025

Fig. 21: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Großglockner 30.6.2025

Fig. 22: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Großglockner 30.6.2025

Fig. 23: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Trenchtling 3.7.2019

Fig. 24: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Trenchtling 3.7.2019

Fig. 25: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Eisenerzer Reichenstein 28.7.2021

Fig. 26: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Eisenerzer Reichenstein 28.7.2021

Fig. 27: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Eisenerzer Reichenstein 28.7.2021

Fig. 28: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
A Eisenerzer Reichenstein 28.7.2021

Fig. 29: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
F Allevard 11.6.2006

Fig. 30: Carex atrata / Black Alpine Sedge
F Pyrenees, Gourette 25.8.2011

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