| Scientific Name | Carex zuluensis C.B.Clarke | Higher Classification | Monocotyledons | Family | CYPERACEAE | Synonyms | Carex condensata C.B.Clarke, not of Nees (1834), Carex huttoniana Kük., Carex merxmuelleri Podlech, Carex wahlenbergiana C.B.Clarke | Common Names | Sedge (e) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2017/09/21 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | Carex zuluensis is widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga | Range | This species is widespread across southern and eastern Africa, and widespread across eastern South Africa. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Drakensberg-Amathole Afromontane Fynbos, Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Northern Zululand Mistbelt Grassland, Amathole Montane Grassland, Scarp Forest, Dry Coast Hinterland Grassland, Northern Mistbelt Forest, Southern Mistbelt Forest, Northern Afrotemperate Forest, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Thornveld, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld, Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland, Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland, Amathole Mistbelt Grassland, Barberton Montane Grassland, Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos, East Griqualand Grassland, KaNgwane Montane Grassland, Mthatha Moist Grassland, Mooi River Highland Grassland, Transkei Coastal Belt, KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld, Northern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Low Escarpment Moist Grassland, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Northern Coastal Forest, Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland, Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland, Wolkberg Dolomite Grassland, Woodbush Granite Grassland, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Tsomo Grassland | Description | It occurs in ecotonal areas between grassland and scrub forest, often on steep east- and south-facing slopes. It is more rarely found in the shade of forests and timber plantations. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
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Citation/Red List version | | Carex zuluensis C.B.Clarke | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Clarke, C.B. 1898. Cyperaceae. In: W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (ed). Flora Capensis VII (Pontederiaceae to Gramineae):149-310. L. Reeve & Co., Ltd., Ashford.
Gehrke, B. 2011. Synopsis of Carex (Cyperaceae) from sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 166(1):51-99.
Gordon-Gray, K.D. 1995. Cyperaceae in Natal. Strelitzia 2:1-218. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2017. Carex zuluensis C.B.Clarke. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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