Carex nigra (L.) Reichard
(Common Sedge)

Interactions where Carex nigra is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

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Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		is foodplant of larva or cocoon			Plateumaris rustica	a reed beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris rustica/	Plateumaris rustica	a reed beetle				larva or cocoon	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge	?							larva or cocoon feeds on
		has sap sucked by adult			Cymus glandicolor	a seedbug	Hemiptera: Lygaeidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Cymus glandicolor/	Cymus glandicolor	a seedbug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge					Major			adult sucks sap of
		has sap sucked by nymph			Cymus glandicolor	a seedbug	Hemiptera: Lygaeidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Cymus glandicolor/	Cymus glandicolor	a seedbug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge					Major			nymph sucks sap of
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Puccinia caricina var pringsheimiana	Gooseberry Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia caricina var. pringsheimiana/	Puccinia caricina var. pringsheimiana	gooseberry rust				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge		live			Rare			telium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia caricina var pringsheimiana	Gooseberry Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia caricina var. pringsheimiana/	Puccinia caricina var. pringsheimiana	gooseberry rust				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge		live			Rare			uredium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia paludosa	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia paludosa/	Puccinia paludosa	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge		live			Major			uredium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Puccinia paludosa	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia paludosa/	Puccinia paludosa	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge		live			Major			telium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia uliginosa	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia uliginosa/	Puccinia uliginosa	a rust fungus				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge		live						uredium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Puccinia uliginosa	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia uliginosa/	Puccinia uliginosa	a rust fungus				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge		live						telium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Puccinia urticata var urticae-acutae	a nettle clustercup rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia urticata var. urticae-acutae/	Puccinia urticata var. urticae-acutae	a nettle clustercup rust				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge		live			Major			telium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by uredium			Puccinia urticata var urticae-acutae	a nettle clustercup rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia urticata var. urticae-acutae/	Puccinia urticata var. urticae-acutae	a nettle clustercup rust				uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge		live			Major			uredium parasitises live
leaf		leaf is grazed by adult			Plateumaris rustica	a reed beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris rustica/	Plateumaris rustica	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge			leaf				(4-7(-9)	adult grazes on leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph			Ascochyta sodalis	a coelomycete	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta sodalis/	Ascochyta sodalis	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge		dead	leaf				(12-7)	pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph			Stagonospora caricinella	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora caricinella/	Stagonospora caricinella	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge		dead	leaf					pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by sorus			Urocystis fischeri	a smut fungus	Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis fischeri/	Urocystis fischeri	a smut fungus				sorus	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge	?	live	leaf					sorus parasitises live leaf
stem (upper parts)		stem (upper parts) is parasitised by scattered sporodochium			Myriosclerotinia sulcatula	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia sulcatula/	Myriosclerotinia sulcatula	a discomycete		scattered		sporodochium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge			stem (upper parts)				(late summer)	scattered sporodochium parasitises stem (upper parts)
stem		stem is parasitised by sclerotioid, long and slender stalked apothecium			Myriosclerotinia sulcatula	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia sulcatula/	Myriosclerotinia sulcatula	a discomycete		sclerotioid, long and slender stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge			stem				(4-6)	sclerotioid, long and slender stalked apothecium parasitises stem
stem		stem is parasitised by sclerotium			Myriosclerotinia sulcatula	a discomycete	Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia sulcatula/	Myriosclerotinia sulcatula	a discomycete				sclerotium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex nigra/	Carex nigra	common sedge			stem				(autumn onwards)	sclerotium parasitises stem

Carex nigra (Common Sedge) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Carex
(sedges)

CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Carex nigra (Common Sedge)
Genus	Carex (sedges)
Family	CYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
Order	POALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
Subclass	LILIIDAE (monocotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Carex nigra is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Liliidae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Carex nigra (Common Sedge)

Carex nigra (Common Sedge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Carex
(sedges)

CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Carex nigra (Common Sedge):

Carex
(sedges)

CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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