Family: Cyperaceae
bottlebrush sedge, porcupine sedge
[Carex hystricina "Muhl. ex Willd. [orthographic ""correction""]"]
Etymology: Carex: the classical Latin name
Plants: perennial sedge
Conservation Status: Native
Plants: perennial sedge
Conservation Status: Native
Flora of North America: Flora of North America Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 3, 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