Species: Glaucous Sedge (Carex flacca)
Family: Sedges (CYPERACEAE)
Category: Flowering Plants
Location: NW
A. Flowering Plants
More extensive information on flowering plants can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Sedges (CYPERACEAE)
Sedges will grow in damp, poor soils, and are characterised by the triangular cross-section of the stems.
C. Glaucous Sedge (Carex flacca)
This creeping sedge flowers from April. Its grey-green leaves are glaucous beneath, being covered with a greyish waxy bloom.
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Glaucous Sedge
Glaucous Sedge is a creeping sedge that flowers from April. Its grey-green leaves are glaucous beneath, meaning they have a greyish-blue hue, not unlike the powdery bloom you can sometimes see on grapes.
Glaucous Sedge
The flowering tips of Glaucous Sedge are tufted, the upper ones having an erect appearance, the lower ones a nodding appearance.
Glaucous Sedge
Sedges, including this Glaucous Sedge, will grow in damp, poor soils, and are characterised by the triangular cross-section of the stems.
