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Carl Farmer |
Common on wet moorland Fruit c 3-4 mm long. Stems to c 15-30 cm tall. Skye ID: Spikes about 3-4, unstalked, with fruits spreading in all directions to give star effect. Other features: Top spike is, reversing the usual sedge arrangement, female above and male below, the other spikes are all female. Dioecious Sedge, Flea Sedge and Few-flowered Sedge have fruit spreading in a somewhat similar way, but they all have a single spike per stem, whereas Star Sedge has the fruit clustered into 3 or 4 unstalked spikes. False Fox Sedge has a similar arrangement but with far more fruits per spike and a much denser look, removing any risk of confusion. Bracts of spikes normally like a slightly lengthened glume. |
