Scarce Tufted-sedge (Carex cespitosa)
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Vascular plant > flowering plant > Sedge |
| Red List Status: | Critically Endangered (Not Relevant) [CR(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | Included in the baseline Red List Index for England (Wilkins, Wilson & Brown, 2022) |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | (none) |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Carex cespitosa |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | L. |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | in Stroh et al., 2014 |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | CR; |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | One site - need to track fortunes of population at very least |
| Question 3: | At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Only one site ever known and that not for very long |
Species Assessment
| Current step on the Species Recovery Curve (SRC): | 2. Biological status assessment exists |
| Recovery potential/expectation: | Low - Combination or other (detail in comments) |
| National Monitoring Resource: | Opportunistic - insufficient |
| Species Comments: |
Key Actions
Key Action 1
Proposed Action: Assess status of population annually
Action targets: 3. National Monitoring Plan agreed and implemented
Action type: Targeted monitoring
Duration: Unknown
Scale of Implementation: 1 site
High priority sites: Braughing Meads
Comments: Status needs to include condition of tufts across the population and whether recruitment taking place
Key Action 2
Proposed Action: Prepare management plan for Braughing Meads that supports population of the plant
Action targets: 6. Recovery solutions trialled
Action type: Habitat management
Duration: 1 year
Scale of Implementation: 1 site
High priority sites: Braughing Meads
Comments:
Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.