Carex feani
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Carex feani faces significant pressure from agricultural expansion and intensification across its limited Mediterranean range. Overgrazing by livestock has degraded many of its specialized wetland habitats, while urban development continues to fragment remaining populations. Climate change poses an additional threat through altered precipitation patterns that could dry critical seasonal wetlands where this sedge depends for reproduction.
Habitat
This sedge species inhabits seasonal wetlands, marshy areas, and temporarily flooded grasslands in Mediterranean climates. It typically grows in nutrient-poor, alkaline soils that experience periodic inundation followed by dry periods.
