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Carex acuta L.

slender tufted sedge (Cyperaceae)

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Carex acuta is a sedge of riverside marshes and ditches from southern Scotland southwards.

Clapton-on-the-Hill (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2020-07-12

 slender tufted sedge / Carex acuta: _Carex acuta_ is a sedge of riverside marshes and ditches from southern Scotland southwards.

Carex acuta has 2 stigmas (unlike Carex acutiformis); its stems are sharply trigonous, and the lowest bract is longer than the inflorescence.

Clapton-on-the-Hill (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2020-07-12

 slender tufted sedge / Carex acuta: _Carex acuta_ has 2 stigmas (unlike _Carex acutiformis_); its stems are sharply trigonous, and the lowest bract is longer than the inflorescence.

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