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Carex digitata L.

fingered sedge (Cyperaceae)

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Carex digitata is a rare sedge of woodland over limestone; it produces separate leafy shoots and lateral flowering culms.

Symond's Yat (VC36: Herefordshire); 2018-04-18

 fingered sedge / Carex digitata: _Carex digitata_ is a rare sedge of woodland over limestone; it produces separate leafy shoots and lateral flowering culms.

The male spike is at the apex, and the female flowers, with 3 stigmas each, are in the lower spikes.

Symond's Yat (VC36: Herefordshire); 2018-04-18

 fingered sedge / Carex digitata: The male spike is at the apex, and the female flowers, with 3 stigmas each, are in the lower spikes.

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