- Carex pauciflora Light. - Few-flowered Sedge - Cyperaceae
© Stan Beesley
(Map updated: March 2008)
This sedge resembles the Flea Sedge, but whereas that species has red fruits, this has pale straw-coloured fruits. Flea sedge is fairly common in marshes, but Few-flowered Sedge is a rare and local plant of upland wet bogs. It is confined in Ireland to two areas: the Garron Plateau and an upland bog east of the Kilbroney Valley in the Mournes.
All names: Carex pauciflora Light.
NBN Atlas mapping: Species account : NBN Atlas UK Species Observations database
iNaturalist: Species account : iNaturalist World Species Observations database