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Ryedale Rushes and Sedges

The following Rushes, Sedges and allies may be found in the Ryedale area. We do not necessarily have definite records for all of them (there is a significant quantity of historical data in the Society’s files which we are still working through). The sedge pictured right is one of the commonest species, growing on verges and track-sides especially where the soil is somewhat limy. It has glaucous i.e. greyish leaves, usually 2 male spikes at the top and two drooping female spikes on long stalks below. Sedges are not particularly easy to identify, but this is one of the more recognisable species. Glaucous sedge
Glaucous sedge
Carex flacca 12/5/03
© Gill Smith 2003
English NameLatin Name
Juncus Rushes
Blunt-flowered RushJuncus subnodulosus
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
Soft RushJuncus effusus
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Cottongrasses etc.
Black Bog rushSchoenus nigricans
Cottongrass, broad leavedEriophorum latifolium
Cottongrass, commonEriophorum angustifolium
Cottongrass, harestailEriophorum vaginatum
DeergrassTrichophorum cespitosum
Flat sedgeBlysmus compressus
Spike-rush, few-floweredEleocharis quinqueflora
White beak-sedgeRhynchospora alba
Wood ClubrushScirpus sylvaticus
Carex Sedges
Bladder sedgeCarex vesicaria
Bog sedgeCarex limosa
Bottle sedgeCarex rostrata
Brown sedgeCarex disticha
Carnation sedgeCarex panicea
Common sedgeCarex nigra
Drooping sedgeCarex pendula
Few-flowered sedgeCarex pauciflora
Fingered sedgeCarex digitata
Flea sedgeCarex pulicaris
Fox sedgeCarex otrubae
Glaucous sedgeCarex flacca
Great Pond sedgeCarex riparia
Hairy sedgeCarex hirta
Moor sedgeCarex binervis
Oval sedgeCarex ovalis
Pale sedgeCarex pallescens
Pill sedgeCarex pilulifera
Pond sedgeCarex acutiformis
Remote sedgeCarex remota
Separate-headed sedgeCarex dioica
Slender-leaved sedgeCarex lasiocarpa
Smooth sedgeCarex laevigata
Spiked sedgeCarex spicata
Spring sedgeCarex caryophyllea
Star sedgeCarex echinata
Tawny sedgeCarex hostiana
Tussock sedgeCarex paniculata
White sedgeCarex curta
Wood sedgeCarex sylvatica
Yellow sedgeCarex viridula

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