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Wednesday 26 September 2018

Plant battle

Pendulous sedge (left) 'muscling in' on Woodrush

Portia is wondering if anyone else has noticed the effect of increased amounts of Pendulous sedge locally, muscling in on Woodrush in damp woodland. An area near her in Todmorden has no Woodrush left as a result.

1 comment:

  1. I have noticed it popping up in many places.

    Garden Centres sell it as a pond-side plant, so it is getting widely disseminated.

    Gardeners don't dead-head it, partly because they think the pendulous seed heads are still decorative, not realising the seeds are dropping off and colonising ground outside the gardens.

    It used to be known only from the pond in the middle of Elland Park Wood, where it was one of the star attractions there.

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