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Lancashire Key Species - Flowering Plants

Flowering plant species listed in the Lancashire Key Species review of 24/09/2019.

Lancashire Key Species (LKS) refers to species which have a recognised status, either (inter)nationally or locally within Lancashire. The criteria for inclusion are available from LERN.

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Flat-sedge 1
Blysmus compressus
Red Bulrush 2
Blysmus rufus
slender tufted-sedge 3
Carex acuta
Bigelow's sedge
Carex bigelowii
Buxbaum's sedge 4
Carex buxbaumii
lesser tussock sedge 1
Carex diandra
Fingered Sedge 5
Carex digitata
Dioecious Sedge 6
Carex dioica
Divided Sedge 5
Carex divisa
Tufted-sedge 7
Carex elata
Rare Spring-sedge 8
Carex ericetorum
Long-bracted Sedge 5
Carex extensa
Tawny Sedge 5
Carex hostiana
woolly-fruited sedge 5
Carex lasiocarpa
Prickly Sedge 5
Carex muricata
Carex muricata subsp. pairae 9
Carex muricata pairae
Dotted Sedge 10
Carex punctata
Greater Pond-sedge 1
Carex riparia
Spiked Sedge 11
Carex spicata
thin-spiked wood sedge
Carex strigosa
inflated sedge 12
Carex vesicaria
Carex viridula subsp. brachyrrhyncha 13
Carex viridula brachyrrhyncha
Carex viridula subsp. viridula 14
Carex viridula viridula
True Fox-sedge
Carex vulpina
swamp sawgrass 15
Cladium mariscus
Sweet Galingale 16
Cyperus longus
Eleocharis mamillata subsp. austriaca
Eleocharis mamillata austriaca
Many-stalked Spike-rush 17
Eleocharis multicaulis
Few-flower Spikerush 18
Eleocharis quinqueflora
Creeping Spikerush 19
Eleocharis uniglumis
Broad-leaved Cottongrass 20
Eriophorum latifolium
White Beak-sedge 21
Rhynchospora alba
Common Club-rush 17
Schoenoplectus lacustris
black bog-rush 1
Schoenus nigricans
Wood Club-rush 20
Scirpus sylvaticus

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