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Urgent Rescue Mission Launched for Rare Wood-Sedge Plants

12/24/2025

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The Species Recovery Trust has launched a rescue mission to prevent trampling of starved wood-sedge as it grows on a public footpath.
The plant occurs at only two native sites in Somerset and Surrey, following more than two decades of conservation work.
Plans call for relocating the plants to a nursery for propagation and establishing new populations in the Mendip Hills National Landscape, with support from the Mendip Hills team.

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Story summary

The Species Recovery Trust has launched a rescue mission to prevent trampling of starved wood-sedge as it grows on a public footpath.
The plant occurs at only two native sites in Somerset and Surrey, following more than two decades of conservation work.
Plans call for relocating the plants to a nursery for propagation and establishing new populations in the Mendip Hills National Landscape, with support from the Mendip Hills team.