Small-fruited Prickly-sedge - Carex muricata subsp. pairae
One of several subspecies of Carex muricata.
other subspecies of Carex muricata; Carex spicata
Records from this species should be confirmed by a County Recorder for botany. It is on the VC55 Rare Plant Register, and therefore a specimen should not be taken; instead submit to NatureSpot as soon as possible, and if you think you have found it in a new location, inform the County Recorder as soon as possible. (RPR)
Grassland.
Flowering in June and July.
Perennial.
Widespread, particularly in the north and west of Britain.
In the VC55 Checklist (Jeeves 2011) it is listed as Scarce, with several records from W Leics. It is noted that it may be under-recorded because of past confusion with Carex spicata.
It is n the current VC55 Rare Plant Register (Hall and Woodward, 2022) as locally scarce.
Geoffrey Hall
Shawell, Gibbett Lane
19 June 2015
Geoffrey Hall
Shawell, Gibbett Lane
19 June 2015
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Species profile
- Common names
- Small-fruited Prickly-sedge
- Species group:
- Grasses, Rushes & Sedges
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Poales
- Family:
- Cyperaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 19/06/2015 (Hall, Geoffrey)
- Last record:
- 19/06/2015 (Hall, Geoffrey)
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