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Rhynchospora fusca (L.) W. T. Aiton

brown beak-sedge (Cyperaceae)

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Rhynchospora fusca has larger, darker flowers and longer bracts than Rhynchospora alba; it is also much rarer, being found in central Ireland, Hampshire and Dorset, and scattered sites in western Scotland, West Wales and Surrey.

Kentra / Ceann Tragha (VC97: West Inverness); 2020-07-19

 brown beak-sedge / Rhynchospora fusca: _Rhynchospora fusca_ has larger, darker flowers and longer bracts than _Rhynchospora alba_; it is also much rarer, being found in central Ireland, Hampshire and Dorset, and scattered sites in western Scotland, West Wales and Surrey.

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