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Carl Farmer |
Common in wet grassland and moorland Stems to 60 cm tall, c 1-3 mm diameter. Cones c 15-25 mm Skye ID: Stem with 4-8 deep grooves, and the same number of black or green white-margined teeth on the sheaths. In cross-section, central hollow of stem hardly larger than outer ones. Lowest internode of branches much shorter than stem sheath. Other features: Fertile and sterile stems alike, apart from cones, all green. Stems die down in autumn. Branches rather irregular, not again branched, and sometimes nil on some of the stems Branches normally 4-6 angled. |
