Carex is a large and difficult genus. I photographed 3 Carex in my own village in the UK this year and have only, so far, been able to name one of them. There is a guide to Carex published by the BSBI which I had a copy of at one time but was damaged and discarded; I do not currently have the budget to by an up-dated version. Without it I will struggle (with help) to name the other two.
In the UK we are blessed with The Botanical Society of the British Isles (BSBI) which has a Panel of Referees and Specialists available to have material sent to them to identify. There are a number of specialists available to accept specimens (either pressed and dried or in some cases fresh) with certain ones with particular expertise in particular groups or aggregates. *In all cases mature fruits and underground parts should be sent.* I doubt if many of them would be able or willing to attempt to name specimens on the basis of photos alone particular those not of greater close-ups or mature fruits than shown in these images. *As to the suggestion of Carex cruenta. Stewart lists this as common in N.Pakistan and Kashmir @ 2400-4200m on high passes and meadows so that tallies. Needs further inspection. * On Friday, April 5, 2013 at 5:58:17 AM UTC+1, Suresh Rana wrote: > > Kindly Identify this species > > Location: Paddar valley J&K > Altitude: 4000-5000 m asl > Date: 8th August 2011 > > -- > Suresh Kumar Rana > Ph.D Scholar, > Deptt. of Env. Sciences, > University of Jammu. > Mb. 09419935911 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
