Greater Tussock-sedge - Carex paniculata
A robust, hairless plant that forms dense tussocks, often on shaggy pedestals, to 1m wide and 1.5m tall. Stems 60 to 150 cm tall, triangular in section and dark green, bearing dark green leaves that are 3 to 7 mm wide. These are keeled and with incurved toothed margins.
Swampy areas and besides lakes, canals and streams.
Fruiting June to August.
Perennial.
Widespread over most of Britain.
Local in Leicestershire and Rutland, but may be quite frequent where it occurs. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 38 of the 617 tetrads.
Graham Calow
Wykin Canal Towpath
07 June 2015
Geoffrey Hall
Welford
13 May 2016
Geoffrey Hall
Welford
13 May 2016
David Nicholls
Ashby Canal, Snarestone
01 July 2017
Graham Calow
Wykin Canal Towpath
15 May 2015
Geoffrey Hall
Welford
13 May 2016
Graham Calow
Wykin Canal Towpath
15 May 2015
Graham Calow
Wykin Canal Towpath
26 June 2015
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Species profile
- Common names
- Greater Tussock-sedge, Panicled Sedge, Tussock Sedge
- Species group:
- Grasses, Rushes & Sedges
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Poales
- Family:
- Cyperaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 20
- First record:
- 15/05/2015 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 06/09/2021 (Bell, Melinda)
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Graham Calow
Wykin Canal Towpath
07 June 2015
Graham Calow
Wykin Canal Towpath
15 May 2015
