Carex flacca

Glaucous Sedge

Carex flacca, Gaucous Sedge. One of the larger sedges in the Redmire area, the Glaucous Sedge prefers boggy ground. Flowers in spring. The name 'glaucous' refers to the bluish-green colour of the underside of the leaves.

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Spring flower spike

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Habitat in early spring

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Male spikelet

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Leaf

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Male and female

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Plants in flower

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Flower spikes

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Photograph detail

Slide 1: Carex flacca, Glaucous Sedge. Flower spike developing in spring. Galeclose Beck, Hargill, Redmire. April.

Slide 2: Carex flacca, Glaucous Sedge. Boggy habitat in spring. Galeclose Beck, Hargill, Redmire. April.

Slide 3: Carex flacca, Glaucous Sedge. Male spikelet spring. Galeclose Beck, Hargill, Redmire. May.

Slide 4: Carex flacca, Glaucous Sedge. Leaf, showing green upper surface and glaucous under surface. Collected from Galeclose Beck, Hargill, Redmire. May.

Slide 5: Carex flacca, Glaucous Sedge. Male and female spikelets in spring. Galeclose Beck, Hargill, Redmire. May.

Slide 6: Carex flacca, Glaucous Sedge. Plants in summer. Galeclose Beck, Hargill, Redmire. June.

Slide 7: Carex flacca, Glaucous Sedge. Male and female spikelets. Galeclose Beck, Hargill, Redmire. June.