Occurrence uses the 30 sampled plots in each community. Community boundaries are not rigid; these are study observations, not a complete Estonian distribution. Study data and methods →
INDEPENDENT BOTANICAL EVIDENCE
General ecology
Carex nigra is a narrow-leaved perennial sedge occupying many moist habitats, including lake, river and sea shores, ditches, meadows, roadsides, thin-peat mires and wet rock hollows. It is wetland-associated but ecologically broad within that moisture range.
US · Upper Shore22 / 30 · 73%Cover among 17 plots: median 8% · IQR 5–15%
TG · Tall Grass17 / 30 · 57%Cover among 15 plots: median 5% · IQR 5–6.5%
Saardu3 / 20 plots
Keemu17 / 30 plots
Koera14 / 30 plots
Kudani6 / 40 plots
FINBIF TAXONOMY
Current verified classification
kingdomPlantae Haeckel
phylumTracheophyta Sinnott ex Cavalier-Smith
classMagnoliopsida Brongn.
orderPoales Small
familyCyperaceae Juss.
genusCarex L.
speciesCarex nigra (L.) Reichard
OUR MEASURED TRAITS
Pool-wise CCI and leaf area
Trait values are pooled measurements collected during the 2024 coastal-meadow field campaign and are study observations, not fixed species constants. Only summaries with at least five measurements are shown.
OUR 2024 MEASUREMENTS
Chlorophyll Content Index
1.2
Range 0.9–3.8 · average 1.43 · n = 27
OUR 2024 MEASUREMENTS
Leaf area
1.4805 cm²
Range 0.413–2.834 · average 1.44 · n = 16
Licensed FinBIF photographs
Additional photographs
These views complement the primary photograph above without repeating it. Use them alongside a regional identification key; photographs alone are not sufficient for a field identification.
These steps show what this record contributes to the 2024 study. They do not turn the taxon name into a remotely sensed measurement.
1 · FIELD EVIDENCE40 of 120 plots
33 occupied plots have a positive numeric cover value available for occupied-plot cover summaries.
2 · TRAIT ELIGIBILITYCCI n = 27 · leaf area n = 16
Both traits passed the documented minimum of five measurements. Their species medians can be weighted by relative cover when constructing plot-level community-weighted means.
3 · MODEL LINKPlot response, not species detection
Plot-level ecological responses are paired with UAV predictors. A fitted model can estimate variation in those responses across the landscape; this record does not train a classifier for Carex nigra.