The chance discovery of Carex punctata (Dotted Sedge), a new native sedge for Co. Wexford

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The chance discovery of Carex punctata (Dotted Sedge), a new native sedge for Co. Wexford

Paul R. Green, Yoletown, Ballycullane, New Ross, Co. Wexford

Email: paulbsbivcr4h12@gmail.com

I was looking at the distribution map in my database for Cochlearia danica (Danish Scurvygrass), and noticed that there were two monads that had Danish Scurvygrass recorded in them that joined the neighbouring hectad S61 at Ballyhack, the head of Waterford Harbour. Danish Scurvygrass had not yet been recorded from the Co. Wexford (H12) part of the hectad. It has been known from one site, in the Co. Waterford part of the hectad since 2003. It was late March 2021 when I set out to find the Danish Scurvygrass. I could see the stretch of coast I wanted to walk. The problem was how to get to it, as there is no public access. A boat or kayak would have been the best option, but I don’t have either. In the end I decided the best and quickest solution was to drop down through a steep dense 100m gorse slope to the top of the sea-cliff, and walk along the cliff top until I could find a way to get