Remote Sedge - Carex remota

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    Description

    Tufted plant with short rhizomes, forming small tussocks with bright green leaves up to 30 cm tall. Inflorescence is very long (up to 1/3rd of stem length). With stalkless green spikelets well spaced out, the lower ones with very long, leaf like bracts.

    Identification difficulty
    Habitat

    Damp woodland, especially where water collects in winter.

    When to see it

    June to August.

    Life History

    Perennial.

    UK Status

    Fairly frequent in Britain, but scarcer in northern and western Scotland.

    VC55 Status

    Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 70 of the 617 tetrads.

    • David Nicholls
      Ulverscroft
      14 July 2011
    • David Nicholls
      Bradgate Park
      05 July 2013
    • Graham Calow
      Burbage Common and Woods
      13 June 2011
    • David Nicholls
      Ulverscroft
      14 July 2011
    • David Nicholls
      The Brand, Woodhouse
      15 June 2013

    Leicestershire & Rutland Map

    UK Map

    • Graham Calow
      Sapcote
      23 July 2008
    • Graham Calow
      Sapcote
      23 July 2008
    • Steve Mathers
      Ulverscroft NR
      13 June 2017