Carex depauperata

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Carex depauperata (starved wood-sedge) is a rare species of sedge native to parts of Europe. The plant has been virtually extinct in the United Kingdom since the 1940s.

In 2010, following a successful reintroduction at Charterhouse School,{{cite web |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/8585185.stm|title= Rare plant reintroduced at Charterhouse in Surrey |date=24 March 2010|work= BBC News |accessdate=7 September 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.plantlife.org.uk/about_us/news_press/good_news_for_very_rare_surrey_plant_lost_since_world_war_ii/ |title=Good news for very rare Surrey plant lost since World War II |author=Dominic Price |date=24 March 2010 |publisher=Plantlife |accessdate=24 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622100524/http://www.plantlife.org.uk/about_us/news_press/good_news_for_very_rare_surrey_plant_lost_since_world_war_ii/ |archivedate=22 June 2010 }} staff at Wakehurst Place Garden, West Sussex, announced that the plant was to be reintroduced to a second, undisclosed location in Surrey.{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11207226 |title= Rare plant to be returned to wild in Surrey |date= 6 September 2010 |work=BBC News |accessdate=7 September 2010}}