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Carl Farmer |
Common in wet ground including ditches and edges of burns Tepals c 3 mm long Skye ID: Leaves have horizontal lines at intervals in common with Sharp-flowered Rush (see pic there). Distinguished from Sharp-flowered Rush by dark brown tepals and by branches being nearer vertical than horizontal. Other features: Very variable in uprightness and robustness. Leaves are generally more flattened than Sharp-flowered Rush but there is some overlap. Hybridises with Sharp-flowered Rush, and many intermediate specimens are very difficult to identify, but short curvy plants with a blackish-brown rather than greenish-brown look to the inflorescence are Jointed Rush. The ripe fruit protrudes well beyond the tepals, while in the hybrid it hardly protrudes at all. |
