''Carex depauperata'' (starved wood-sedge) is a rare species of sedge native to parts of

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. The plant has been virtually extinct in the United Kingdom since the 1940s. In 2010, following a successful reintroduction at

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, staff at

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, West Sussex, announced that the plant was to be reintroduced to a second, undisclosed location in

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* depauperata Flora of Europe Flora of temperate Asia Plants described in 1787 {{Carex-stub