Etymology: Carex: the classical Latin name
Section: Carex Plants: perennial sedge
Conservation Status: Native

- leaf sheaths pubescent, at least at summit

- leaves sparsely long pubescent on the underside

- perigynia 7-12 mm, with long spreading beaks, beaks glabrous to slightly pubescent

- reddish and ladder-fimbrilose at base

- usu. in standing water < 1m deep

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Flora of North America: Flora of North America Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 8, Wetland Indicator = OBL USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos The Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group: Detailed drawings by Harry C. Creutzburg for Kenneth K. Mackenzie's (1940) North American Caricaea USGS - Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin