Description: A very common sedge species, also very variable. Found in a wide variety of damp and wet habitats across the whole of Northern Ireland.

All names: Carex nigra (L.) Reichard; Carex fusca All.; Carex goodenowii Gay; Carex gibsoni Bab.; Carex eboracensis Nelmes; Carex juncella auct.

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

iNaturalist: Carex nigra at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.