Wood-sedge - Carex sylvatica
Alt Name
Wood Sedge
Description
Densely tufted plant with short rhizomes and stems 15 to 60 cm that often droop at the tip, and bear yellowish green leaves. Inflorescence very loose, usually with only one terminal male spikelet, and 3 to 5 long stalked, pendulous slender female spikelets 20 to 60 mm long.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
Woodland.
When to see it
May to August.
Life History
Perennial, leaves overwintering.
UK Status
Fairly frequent in Britain, but rare in northern Scotland.
VC55 Status
It is occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 48 of the 617 tetrads.
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