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Carex salina Wahlenb.

saltmarsh sedge (Cyperaceae)

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Carex salina is a stabilised hybrid between Carex paleacea and Carex subspathacea, neither of which has ever been recorded in the British Isles; it grows in a few salt marshes in western Scotland.

Killilan (VC105: West Ross); 2019-07-04

 saltmarsh sedge / Carex salina: _Carex salina_ is a stabilised hybrid between _Carex paleacea_ and _Carex subspathacea_, neither of which has ever been recorded in the British Isles; it grows in a few salt marshes in western Scotland.

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