Hairy Sedge - Carex hirta
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Species Description
Common and widespread throughout the UK except for Northern Scotland. Habitat includes: Meadows, damp grassland, pond margins, wasteland, track sides, roadside verges, hedge banks, railway banks, rough grassland, hayfields, sand dunes, marshes, damp, open woodland etc. Growing habit: Rhizomatous Perennial. Height: Up to 70 cm. Flowers: June to September. Other names include: Hammer Sedge, Goose Grass.
species aggregate:
- Carex flava agg.
- Carex nigra type (C.acuta / aquatilis / hibernica)
species:
- Carex acuta
- Carex acutiformis
- Carex appressa
- Carex appropinquata
- Carex aquatilis
- Carex arenaria
- Carex atrata
- Carex atrofusca
- Carex bicolor
- Carex bigelowii
- Carex binervis
- Carex brunnea
- Carex buchananii
- Carex buxbaumii
- Carex canescens
- Carex capillaris
- Carex capitata
- Carex caryophyllea
- Carex cespitosa
- Carex chordorrhiza
- Carex crawfordii
- Carex davalliana
- Carex depauperata
- Carex devia
- Carex deweyana
- Carex diandra
- Carex digitata
- Carex dioica
- Carex distans
- Carex disticha
- Carex divisa
- Carex divulsa
- Carex echinata
- Carex elata
- Carex elongata
- Carex ericetorum
- Carex extensa
- Carex filiformis
- Carex flacca
- Carex flagellifera
- Carex flava
- Carex glacialis
- Carex hirta
- Carex hostiana
- Carex hubbardii
- Carex humilis
- Carex inversa
- Carex lachenalii
- Carex laevigata
- Carex lasiocarpa
- Carex leporina
- Carex limosa
- Carex longebrachiata
- Carex magellanica
- Carex maritima
- Carex microglochin
- Carex montana
- Carex muricata
- Carex nigra
- Carex norvegica
- Carex ornithopoda
- Carex otrubae
- Carex pallescens
- Carex panicea
- Carex paniculata
- Carex pauciflora
- Carex pendula
- Carex pilulifera
- Carex pseudocyperus
- Carex pulicaris
- Carex punctata
- Carex rariflora
- Carex recta
- Carex remota
- Carex riparia
- Carex rostrata
- Carex rupestris
- Carex salina
- Carex saxatilis
- Carex secta
- Carex solandri
- Carex spicata
- Carex strigosa
- Carex sylvatica
- Carex tereticaulis
- Carex trinervis
- Carex vaginata
- Carex vesicaria
- Carex virgata
- Carex viridula
- Carex vulpina
- Carex vulpinoidea
species hybrid:
- Carex acuta x elata = C. x prolixa
- Carex acuta x nigra
- Carex acutiformis x acuta = C. x subgracilis
- Carex acutiformis x riparia = C. x sooi
- Carex acutiformis x vesicaria = C. x ducellieri
- Carex aquatilis x acuta
- Carex aquatilis x bigelowii = C. x limula
- Carex aquatilis x nigra = C. x hibernica
- Carex binervis x punctata
- Carex binervis x viridula = C. x corstorphinei
- Carex demissa x C. hostiana
- Carex demissa x C. lepidocarpa
- Carex distans x extensa = C. x tornabenii
- Carex distans x hostiana = C. x muelleriana
- Carex distans x viridula = C. x luteola
- Carex divulsa x remota = C. x emmae
- Carex echinata x curta = C. x biharica
- Carex echinata x dioica = C. x gaudiniana
- Carex flava x viridula = C. x alsatica
- Carex hirta x vesicaria = C. x grossii
- Carex hostiana x viridula = C. x fulva-
- Carex lachenalii x curta = C. x helvola
- Carex laevigata x binervis = C. x des-erta
- Carex laevigata x pallescens
- Carex laevigata x viridula
- Carex lasiocarpa x riparia = C. x evoluta
- Carex muricata x divulsa
- Carex nigra x bigelowii = C. x decolorans
- Carex nigra x elata = C. x turfosa
- Carex nigra x recta
- Carex otrubae x divulsa
- Carex otrubae x remota = C. x pseudoaxillaris
- Carex otrubae x spicata
- Carex otrubae x vulpina
- Carex paniculata x appropinquata = C. x rotae
- Carex paniculata x curta = C. x ludibunda
- Carex paniculata x diandra = C. x beckmannii
- Carex paniculata x remota (C. x boenninghausiana)
- Carex pseudocyperus x rostrata = C. x justi-schmidtii
- Carex recta x aquatilis = C. x grantii
- Carex riparia x rostrata
- Carex riparia x vesicaria = C. x csomadensis
- Carex rostrata x vesicaria = C. x involuta
- Carex saxatilis x viridula
- Carex vesicaria x saxatilis = C. x grahamii Boott
species pro parte
- Carex fusca auct.
species sensu lato:
- Carex muricata agg. L. sensu lato