Carnation Sedge - Carex panicea

    Click here to support NatureSpot by making a donation - small or large - your gift is very much appreciated. Thank you.
    Description

    This plant reaches 10 to 60 cm and has short creeping rhizomes that bear small tufts of shoots. It is a very glaucous sedge with distinctive knobbly looking fruits.

    Identification difficulty
    Recording advice

    The County Recorder has asked for a specimen of this plant to be retained for verification

    Habitat

    Marshes and heath grassland.

    When to see it

    Perennial.

    UK Status

    Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain except for a small area around The Wash.

    VC55 Status

    Occasional in the east and more frequent in the west of our area. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 60 of the 617 tetrads.

    • Graham Calow
      Western Park, Leicester
      14 June 2014
    • David Nicholls
      Bradgate Park
      05 July 2013

    Leicestershire & Rutland Map

    MAP KEY:

    Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
    Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015

    UK Map