| Plants : Cyperaceae | Ferns and Flowering Plants |
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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. |