| Plants : Cyperaceae | Ferns and Flowering Plants |
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| Carex echinata |
Description: One of the most easily identified sedges, with the fruits arranged in star-like brown clusters. Common in wet peaty places, bogs, mires etc.
All names: Carex echinata Murray; Carex stellulata Gooden.
Distribution Map from NBN: Carex echinata at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Carex echinata at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
| Hackney, P., 2026. Carex echinata. Murray. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland. https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2482. Accessed on 2026-11-02. |