This very little sedge could be confused with Carex digitata but that is also rare and has not been recorded in this area where C. ornithopoda is found in the short grassland of the Derbyshire limestone valleys. No prizes for guessing why it's called birds-foot sedge..
Cressbrookdale, Derbyshire 13th May 2004
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