Photo © Alastair Ross |
Rare, on wet peat Basal tussocks to 100 cm high, stems to 150 cm high. Inflorescence c 5-15 cm. Leaves c 3-7 mm wide. Fruit c 3-4 mm long. Skye ID: The huge tussocks make a well-grown plant unmistakable, but in the case of a young or underdeveloped specimen, id by: - all (or most) spikes male at top and female at base, inflorescence has general appearance of those in these pics, leaves > 3 mm wide, fruit < 4mm long. Other features: Lower spikelets stalked, upper ones not. Lowest bract of inflorescence very short, like a bristle-pointed glume merely. Fruit with a very broad base compared to most sedges, broadest just above base and winged in the upper half with a deep notch at tip. Leaves dark green, with edges rolled upwards (see RH pic below). Leaf-edges are minutely toothed. At least one of the very few Skye localities has just a tiny patch, not a huge tussock; I don't know if the others are the same. |
