Rare Spring-Sedge Carex ericetorum
Rare Spring-Sedge (Carex ericetorum) lives up to its name – it is one of Britain’s most restricted sedge species, confined in England almost entirely to the Breckland of Suffolk and Norfolk. It grows in open, short, sandy or chalky grassland and heath, often in association with other Breckland specialists. Early-flowering and easily overlooked outside its brief spring season, it may be under-recorded in some areas. Suffolk is central to the national population, and the maintenance of open, grazed Breckland grass-heath – through rabbit grazing and managed livestock grazing – is fundamental to its long-term conservation in the county. Image: © Nick Gibbons, Flickr.
Find out more: iNaturalist, Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora, Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland
Suffolk’s Priority Fern and Flowering Plant Species
Key
Listed as a conservation priority in Suffolk’s Biodiversity Action Plan.
Closely associated with Suffolk’s landscape and natural identity.
Identified as a key priority for recovery under Suffolk’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy.
Has a Species of the Month article attached.
