The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

THIS IS A DRAFT

The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.

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Dates
First year: 1829
Latest year: 2004

County Status
Native

Family
Cyperaceae

Total records held
88

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 24	46
Tetrads: 21	38
Hectads: 12	24

Conservation Status
B, AA

Account last edited
Mar 27 2007

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Pale Sedge is a tufted perennial of damp grasslands and open woods on mildly acid to neutral soils. Locations for this rarely seen native are scattered across the county, from Hood Brook (SK2382) and Holmesfield (SK3178) in the north to Mercaston Marsh (SK2643) and Swainspark (SK2917) in the south. Formerly it was more widespread in south Derbyshire, sadly echoing a wider decline throughout Britain since 1950 (Preston XXet al. 2002).

This plant is in Category 5b of the local Red Data List, 2009.