Plants : CyperaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Carex limosa L.

Bog-sedge

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Carex limosa

Description: A rather graceful species with drooping brown, few-flowered inflorescences, found in very wet bogs associated with bog-mosses (Sphagnum spp.), cotton-grass (Eriophorum spp.), bladderworts (Utricularia spp.) etc. Commoner in the north and west, rarer in the east. Also known as mud sedge.

All names: Carex limosa L.

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

iNaturalist: Carex limosa at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Carex limosa. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2438. Accessed on 2026-11-02.