STAR SEDGE

Carex echinata

Sedge Club- & Spike-Rush [Cyperaceae]

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11th June 2010, Boredale Hause, Paterdale, Cumbria. Photo: © RWD
On the path up to Angle Tarn, protected by a boulder.


11th June 2010, Boredale Hause, Paterdale, Cumbria. Photo: © RWD
A short Sedge, up to 40cm long.


11th June 2010, Boredale Hause, Paterdale, Cumbria. Photo: © RWD
With two or more medieval-looking star-shaped clubs on the end and up the sides near the top.


11th June 2010, Boredale Hause, Paterdale, Cumbria. Photo: © RWD
A truly vicious weapon were it not for its' diminutive size and inherent weakness.

Easily confused with : Many other sedges, but this one has pointed glumes, and is very common on wet acid upland soils and marshy bogs. In common with other Sedges, the stems are triangular in cross-section.

Not to be confused with : Star Moss [a plant with similar name]

Hybridises with : White Sedge (Carex canescens) and Dioecious Sedge (Carex dioica) neither of which are represented above since neither grow in the Lake District.

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STAR SEDGE

Carex echinata

Sedge Club- & Spike-Rush [Cyperaceae]

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