Description: This rather inconspicuous little plant, with a spike of tiny flowers in a brownish club-shaped head at the end of the main stems, is typically found in the brackish pools and marshy crevices that occur on low, rocky shores around the Northern Ireland coast, especially along the Lecale coast, the Co. Down shore of Belfast Lough and the North Coast. It is usually accompanied by other saltmarsh species such as Juncus gerardii, Bolboschoenus maritimus etc.

All names: Blysmus rufus (Hudson) Link; Scirpus rufus (Huds.) Schrad.

Distribution Map from NBN: Blysmus rufus at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Blysmus rufus at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.