Hairy Sedge - Carex hirta
Description
Creeping, tufted plant 30 to 70 cm tall. Roots often much branched leaves and sheaths hairy, and with long beaked, downy fruits. Inflorescence is elongated with 2 or 3 male spikelets at the tip, and several erect, widely spaced oblong female spikelets with long leaf like bracts.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Meadows, damp grassland, rough grassy places, pond margins.
When to see it
June to September.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Common in Britain except in northern Scotland.
VC55 Status
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 438 of the 617 tetrads.
David NichollsNr Groby Pool30 June 2018
David NichollsLong Close, Woodhouse Eaves15 June 2013
Graham CalowWykin12 May 2015
Graham CalowBurbage Common Road, Elmesthorpe27 May 2016
Graham CalowFrolesworth11 May 2015
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AJ CannThe Spearwort Fields02 July 2016 at edge of pond in 'The Park' field Sapcote SP 4848 9324 (taken 12.5.2008)..JPG)
Graham CalowThe Park Field, Sapcote12 May 2008flowering
Graham CalowBurbage Common Road, Elmesthorpe27 May 2016
Graham CalowWood Road, near Nailstone24 May 2016
Graham CalowFrolesworth11 May 2015
David GouldThe Spearwort Fields12 June 2016
Craig MabbettDunton Bassett Quarry16 July 2015
Graham CalowWykin12 May 2015
Graham CalowWestern Park, Leicester14 June 2014
David GouldThe Spearwort Fields, Aylestone, Leicester12 June 2016 Marsh near Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4969 9213 (taken 7.5.2008)..JPG)
Graham CalowMarsh near Old Fosse, Sapcote07 May 2008
Graham CalowFrolesworth11 May 2015
Graham CalowFrolesworth11 May 2015. Granitethorpe Sapcote SP 4954 9361 (taken 31.5.2007).JPG)
Graham CalowGranitethorpe Quarry, Sapcote31 May 2007fruits
David NichollsRatby24 May 2014
David NichollsLaunde Fish Ponds22 September 2012
Ron.stevensBroughton Astley24 June 2011
David NichollsLaunde Fish Ponds22 September 2012
Barbara CooperLong Clawson, Sand Pit Lane27 June 2013
David NichollsLaunde Fish Ponds22 September 2012
Graham CalowWykin12 May 2015
Graham CalowWitherley27 May 2015
Graham CalowWitherley27 May 2015hairy leaves
Graham CalowClaybrooke Magna30 May 2016
David NichollsOwston Wood14 June 2018
David NichollsNr Groby Pool30 June 2018hairy leaves and sheath
 at edge of pond in 'The Park' field Sapcote SP 4848 9324 (taken 12.5.2008)..JPG)
 Marsh near Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4969 9213 (taken 7.5.2008)..JPG)
. Granitethorpe Sapcote SP 4954 9361 (taken 31.5.2007).JPG)
