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black sea red data book - Department of Biology

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Synonyms: None.<br />

Cladium mariscus Linnaeus, Pohl., 1810<br />

Common names: Engl: Saw grass, Twig rush; Bulg: Rezhets kladium; Russ: Mech-<br />

trava obyknovennaya; Ukr: Mech-trava bolotna<br />

Taxonomic description. A perrenial herb with thick rootstock and round leaved<br />

stem, 1-1.5 m in height. Leaves linear. Flowers associated in compound panicles,<br />

with a head bunch with long lacerated bracteate leaves.<br />

IUCN Status<br />

World level: NE<br />

Black Sea Regional level: CR<br />

Subregion level: CR<br />

Distribution, Habitat type, Critical habitats, Limiting factors. A European-<br />

Mediterranean relict, with disjunctive range. Black Sea coast, on wet <strong>sea</strong>side sands.<br />

<strong>Biology</strong>. Flowering during VI-VU. Fruit-bearing in DC. Reproducing by seeds and<br />

vegetatively.<br />

Order CYPERALES<br />

Family CYPERACEAE<br />

Population trends. Populations not abundant.<br />

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