Common Yellow-sedge - Carex demissa
Alternative names
Spring Sedge
Description
Only 5 to 30 cm in height and with yellow green leaves which are 1.5 to 5 mm wide, rather rigid, recurved and with pale sheaths.
Identification difficulty

Recording advice
The County Recorder has asked for a specimen of this plant to be retained for verification
Habitat
Wet areas, damp woodland rides, stony lake shores, but preferring acid soils and avoiding lime.
When to see it
Fruiting June to September.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Local but fairly widespread in Britain.
VC55 Status
Very local in Leicestershire and Rutland where its only real stronghold is the Charnwood Forest area. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 15 of the 617 tetrads.
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