Photo © Carl Farmer |
Occasional, in damp woodland or marshy ground, thinning out northwards. Fruit c 5-6 mm long. Leaves c 7-12 mm wide, much broader than most sedges. Stems to 120 cm tall. Female spikes c 3-6 cm long. ID: 1-2 male spikes, 2-4 remotely spaced female spikes. Female glumes pale reddish-brown with a green midrib when fresh. Fruit over 5 mm long, tapering upwards into a long deeply notched beak. Bracts of female spikes not long enough to reach stem tip. Other features: Belongs to the same group as C distans, C hostiana and C binervis, but a much larger plant in all its parts. Leaves keeled below, grooved above, tapering evenly to tip. Female spikes can be male at top as in pic on left. |
