Abstract

Galten, Leif. 2003. Nye funn av finnmarksstarr Carex laxa i Engerdal. Blyttia 61: 214-217. New findings of Carex laxa in Engerdal municipality, SE Norway.

Until 2003, nine known localities have been known for the Norwegian Red List species Carex laxa in southern Norway, and five of them lie in the surroundings of Lake Femunden, – three of them within Engerdal municipality (figure 1). Volden (1977) have surveyed the Femunden localities 1-4. The present status of Carex laxa at Hola within Tolga municipality and at Tufsinga within Os municipality is not known. At the two older localities in Engerdal – at the riverside of Sorka east of Lake Femunden (Wischmann 1975) and at the edge of the river Sømåa west of Lake Femunden (Volden 1977) – recent attempts to locate it have been unsuccessful.
In 2002 Carex laxa was found at the shore of the little lake Vurrusjøen at Drevsjø and rediscovered at the same site in 2003.
In 2003 Carex laxa was discovered at three new localities within Engerdal municipality, - at Jyltingmarka, a water-rich woodland east of Lake Femunden and south of the Gutulia National Park. (6-8, figure 1). Locality 8 comprises nine separate habitats. Including the habitats at localities 6 and 7 this gives a total of eleven new habitats for the species. The species most commonly grows in intermediate fens – in carpets or in hummocks on muddy bottoms – which are inundated with melt-water in the spring.

Leif Galten, Frøsetåsen 3 B, 7290 Støren.

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