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.
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
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