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Carex extensa Gooden.

long-bracted sedge (Cyperaceae)

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Carex extensa grows in salt-marshes and some other coastal habitats throughout the British Isles; the combination of markedly greyish leaves and utricles and very long bracts is distinctive.

Shingle Street (VC25: East Suffolk) ; 2019-07-11

 long-bracted sedge / Carex extensa: _Carex extensa_ grows in salt-marshes and some other coastal habitats throughout the British Isles; the combination of markedly greyish leaves and utricles and very long bracts is distinctive.

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