Carex ovalis Goodenough
Conservation status: C
First record: Relhan,1786
Apparently rare and local in the county; as yet it is unrecorded from the whole of the northern half. West,1898,258. 25
Carex leporina Naked Carex. On the sides of the Ditch, near the quaking bogs at Gamlingay. Relhan,1786.
Carex ovalis Oval-spiked, or Naked Carex. Gamlingay Bogs. Relhan,1802;1820.
Gamlingay, JS Henslow, 22.6.1829, det. RW David, 1983, CGE.
Gamlingay, CCB, 4.6.1851 & 21.6.1853, det. RW David, 1983, CGE.
Gamlingay.Bab.1860,260 & Bab.MS.Fl.
Gamlingay Wood, RSA list.
Still at Gamlingay, CD Pigott, 1948.
Gt Heath Wood, Gamlingay: wet acid spots inside & to the S of the wood, (Cambs) 26.7.1952. DE Coombe, Card Index.
Near Gamlingay, 22-51-, J.G.Dony, 4.7.1954, det. RW David, 1983, CGE.
Gamlingay 'heath relic', J.G.Dony, 7.1954, det. RW David, 1983, CGE.
Gamlingay Heath Wood, FH Perring, 22.5.1956, det. RW David, 1983, CGE.
Meadow near Gt Heath Wood, Gamlingay, 9.6.1963, P.J Bourne, ann. CTW.
Gamlingay marshy ground (open carr) nr SW corner of Heath Wood f. 17 June 1972. RW David Card index.
East end of Gt Heath Wood, damp area with small stream, 226.513, AC Leslie, 1977.
Meadow by Great Heath Wood, 223.501, (taken up and grown in pot at home), DE Combe 27.9.1995; [seen with Trist 13.9.1995.]
Gamlingay meadow reserve, 222.510, JCA Rathmell, 25.7.1996, conf. DA Wells.
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Pits at Gamlingay corner, 3.6.1863, FA Hanbury, det. RW David, 1983, CGE.
... also Gamlingay Cinques, ab., JG Dony,7.1954.
Gamlingay Cinques, 226.529, plentiful, AC Leslie, 1976; Cinques flooded and not found, DA Wells & G Crompton , 26.5.1994.
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A few patches, ungrazed meadow N of Everton Road, (ex Gamlingay Park), c.227.519, DA Wells and G Crompton, 27.6.1996. 44?
Sawston, GS G[ibson], Bab.1860,260 & Bab.MS.Fl. 46
Carex ovalis Between Histon, and Rampton. Relhan,1802;1820.
Between Histon and Rampton, Relhan, Bab.1860,260 & Bab.MS.Fl. 54
Carex ovalis Sparingly on one of the Hildersham Furze Hills, 1895. West,1898,258.
Hildersham Wood, in very wet place on main ride, 534.458, FH Perring, PD Sell & SM Walters, 10.10.1956, det. RW David 1983, CGE.
57?
Wicken Fen. West,1898,258. 65
Pickmore Wood, Stechworth Ley, 654.582, one large clump in open ride, AC Leslie, 27.6.1981. 40?
Washes of the Nene, 1883, HD.ann.
