Rhynchospora fusca. Brown-beaked sedge.
Life-form & Growth Form:
Hemicryptophyte. Herbaceous perennial. Rhizomatous, rhizome far-creeping.
Flowering period:
July and August.
Habitats:
Bog & wet heath, favouring bare peat. Lowland.
Threats:
Loss of preferred habitat through peatland drainage and/or cessation/reduction in grazing, allowing Salix scrub to colonise.
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