| Plants : Cyperaceae | Ferns and Flowering Plants |
Description: This is a rare sedge of upland sphagnum bogs in the Garron Plateau area and a few sites in County Tyrone. It resembles the commoner Bog Sedge (Carex limosa).
All names: Carex magellanica Lam.; Carex paupercula Michaux; Carex irrigua (Wahlenb.) Sm. ex Hoppe
Distribution Map from NBN: Carex magellanica at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Carex magellanica at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
| Hackney, P., 2026. Carex magellanica. Lam.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland. https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2439. Accessed on 2026-11-02. |