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Carl Farmer |
Occasional, always by the shore. It is not described as a seashore plant in British floras and it would be interesting to know of any inland occurrences on Skye. Fruit 5-6 mm long. Skye ID: Gives impression of fruit sticking out in all directions from a single head, rather like Star Sedge but on a much larger scale. Leaves 4-10 mm wide. Other features: Head is made up of many adjacent unstalked spikes, which all have several female flowers, which swell up to form the fruit, and some male ones at their tip, not easily noticed. The foxy-brown colour mixed with yellowish-green is characteristic of this sedge in late summer, and together with its spiky clustered appearance makes it easy to recognise and always a pleasure to find. |
