Common Club-rush - Schoenoplectus lacustris
Description
Tall to 300 cm with creeping rhizomes bearing stout rounded green stems. Inflorescence is a loose cluster of branches bearing clusters of red/brown spikelets, sometimes as dense heads.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
By freshwater rivers, lakes and ponds.
When to see it
June to August.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Widespread and fairly common in suitable locations but more common in central and southern England than elsewhere in Britain.
VC55 Status
Fairly frequent in suitable locations in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 94 of the 617 tetrads.
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015