Glaucous sedge
Carex flacca 12/5/03
© Gill Smith 2003
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| The following Rushes, Sedges and allies may be found in the Ryedale area. We do not necessarily have definite records for all of them (there is a significant quantity of historical data in the Society’s files which we are still working through). The sedge pictured right is one of the commonest species, growing on verges and track-sides especially where the soil is somewhat limy. It has glaucous i.e. greyish leaves, usually 2 male spikes at the top and two drooping female spikes on long stalks below. Sedges are not particularly easy to identify, but this is one of the more recognisable species. | Glaucous sedge Carex flacca 12/5/03 © Gill Smith 2003 |
| English Name | Latin Name |
|---|---|
| Juncus Rushes | |
| Blunt-flowered Rush | Juncus subnodulosus |
| Bulbous Rush | Juncus bulbosus |
| Compact Rush | Juncus conglomeratus |
| Hard Rush | Juncus inflexus |
| Heath Rush | Juncus squarrosus |
| Jointed Rush | Juncus articulatus |
| Sharp-flowered Rush | Juncus acutiflorus |
| Soft Rush | Juncus effusus |
| Toad Rush | Juncus bufonius |
| Cottongrasses etc. | |
| Black Bog rush | Schoenus nigricans |
| Cottongrass, broad leaved | Eriophorum latifolium |
| Cottongrass, common | Eriophorum angustifolium |
| Cottongrass, harestail | Eriophorum vaginatum |
| Deergrass | Trichophorum cespitosum |
| Flat sedge | Blysmus compressus |
| Spike-rush, few-flowered | Eleocharis quinqueflora |
| White beak-sedge | Rhynchospora alba |
| Wood Clubrush | Scirpus sylvaticus |
| Carex Sedges | |
| Bladder sedge | Carex vesicaria |
| Bog sedge | Carex limosa |
| Bottle sedge | Carex rostrata |
| Brown sedge | Carex disticha |
| Carnation sedge | Carex panicea |
| Common sedge | Carex nigra |
| Drooping sedge | Carex pendula |
| Few-flowered sedge | Carex pauciflora |
| Fingered sedge | Carex digitata |
| Flea sedge | Carex pulicaris |
| Fox sedge | Carex otrubae |
| Glaucous sedge | Carex flacca |
| Great Pond sedge | Carex riparia |
| Hairy sedge | Carex hirta |
| Moor sedge | Carex binervis |
| Oval sedge | Carex ovalis |
| Pale sedge | Carex pallescens |
| Pill sedge | Carex pilulifera |
| Pond sedge | Carex acutiformis |
| Remote sedge | Carex remota |
| Separate-headed sedge | Carex dioica |
| Slender-leaved sedge | Carex lasiocarpa |
| Smooth sedge | Carex laevigata |
| Spiked sedge | Carex spicata |
| Spring sedge | Carex caryophyllea |
| Star sedge | Carex echinata |
| Tawny sedge | Carex hostiana |
| Tussock sedge | Carex paniculata |
| White sedge | Carex curta |
| Wood sedge | Carex sylvatica |
| Yellow sedge | Carex viridula |
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