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Carex alligata
(Cyperaceae)

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Species description or overview

Carex alligata information from Native Plants Hawaii
Information about Carex alligata--including details regarding plant, flower, and leaf characteristics; pests and diseases; growth requirements; and environment--is provided by Native Plants Hawaii.

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Carex alligata
Nomenclatural information about Carex alligata is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Carex alligata information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Carex alligata--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Carex alligata information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Carex alligata, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Carex alligata
Nomenclatural information about Carex alligata is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Cultivation & propagation

Carex alligata information from Native Plants Hawaii
Information about Carex alligata--including details regarding plant, flower, and leaf characteristics; pests and diseases; growth requirements; and environment--is provided by Native Plants Hawaii.

Images

Images of Carex alligata (Cyperaceae) (carex)
Links to high-resolution free images of Carex alligata (Cyperaceae) (carex) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Carex alligata images from Native Plants Hawaii
Images of Carex alligata are provided on the Native Plants Hawaii website.

Carex alligata images by Jupiter Nielsen
Images of Carex alligata are provided online by Maui artist/photographer Jupiter Nielsen.

Distribution

Carex alligata information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Carex alligata--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

Phenology, reproductive potential, seed dispersal and predation, and seedling establishment of three invasive plant species in a Hawaiian rain forest
Medeiros, A.C. 2004. Phenology, reproductive potential, seed dispersal and predation, and seedling establishment of three invasive plant species in a Hawaiian rain forest. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu.

Other resources

Phenology, reproductive potential, seed dispersal and predation, and seedling establishment of three invasive plant species in a Hawaiian rain forest
After rain forest of Haleakala National Park was fenced in the late 1980s, native vegetation responded vigorously yet three problematic plant invaders (Clidemia hirta, Hedychium gardnerianum, and Psidium cattleianum) continued to spread unabated and became of great concern to Park managers. This contribution provides a quantitative assessment of crucial life history junctures (quantitative phenology, reproductive potential, seed dispersal, seed predation, seedling establishment) to assist Haleakala NP and other managers of Hawaiian rain forests. It also provides detailed information for potentially identifying key characteristics in prevention, rapid response, and prioritization of incoming invasive species. (This document is the 2004 Ph.D. dissertation of Dr. Arthur C. Medeiros for the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii.)

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