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Carex flava L.

large yellow sedge (Cyperaceae)

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Carex flava is found in two woodlands in northern England; it has the flexed utricle-beaks of Carex lepidocarpa, but with a nearly sessile male spike, longer, broader leaves and a longer, narrower, ligule.

Dolomites, Italy; 2012-07-04

 large yellow sedge / Carex flava: _Carex flava_ is found in two woodlands in northern England; it has the flexed utricle-beaks of _Carex lepidocarpa_, but with a nearly sessile male spike, longer, broader leaves and a longer, narrower, ligule.

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