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Carex sylvatica Huds.

wood sedge (Cyperaceae)

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Carex sylvatica grows in woodlands across the British Isles.

Bablock Hythe (VC22: Berkshire); 2008-05-31

 wood sedge / Carex sylvatica: _Carex sylvatica_ grows in woodlands across the British Isles.

The female spikes arch over and often bend the other way towards the tip, forming a slight S-shape.

Bablock Hythe (VC22: Berkshire); 2008-05-31

 wood sedge / Carex sylvatica: The female spikes arch over and often bend the other way towards the tip, forming a slight S-shape.

Carex sylvatica differs from the ecologically similar Carex strigosa in having long-beaked utricles.

Bablock Hythe (VC22: Berkshire); 2008-05-31

 wood sedge / Carex sylvatica: _Carex sylvatica_ differs from the ecologically similar _Carex strigosa_ in having long-beaked utricles.

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