Cyperus Sedge - Carex pseudocyperus

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Alternative names
Hop Sedge
Description

This sedge often grows with its feet in the water and can reach up to 1 metre tall. It is a rather loose looking sedge with a pendulous habit when in flower.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Usually found on the margins of ponds or the banks of canals.

When to see it

Flowers in May and June.

Life History

Perennial.

UK Status

Fairly frequent in England north to Lancashire, less common elsewhere in Britain.

VC55 Status

Locally frequent on the margins of the Ashby Canal and the Grand Union Canal occasional elsewhere in our area. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 34 of the 617 tetrads.

  • Craig Mabbett
    clump hill bridge broughton astley
    13 September 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Wykin Canal Towpath
    18 June 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Wykin Canal Towpath
    18 June 2014
  • David Nicholls
    Ashby Canal, Snarestone
    01 July 2017
  • Graham Calow
    Broughton Astley Brick Quarry
    02 September 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Wykin Canal Towpath
    07 June 2015
  • Alan Semper
    Hose, Canal
    07 October 2012
  • Ron.stevens
    Broughton Astley Brick Quarry
    03 October 2013

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Species profile

Common names
Hop Sedge, Cyperus Sedge
Species group:
flowering plant
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Poales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
27
First record:
07/10/2012 (Semper, Alan)
Last record:
31/07/2022 (Cunningham, Sally)

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  • Ron.stevens
    Broughton Astley Brick Quarry
    03 October 2013
  • Graham Calow
    Wykin Canal Towpath
    18 June 2014
  • Craig Mabbett
    clump hill bridge broughton astley
    13 September 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Broughton Astley Brick Quarry
    02 September 2014
  • David Nicholls
    Ashby Canal, Snarestone
    01 July 2017
  • Alan Semper
    Hose, field next canal
    27 October 2012
  • Alan Semper
    Hose, field next canal
    27 October 2012
  • Steve Harris
    Ashby Canal
    14 June 2017
    Cyperus Sedge, Ashby Canal