Prairie Sedge

Carex prairea Dewey ex Alph. Wood - Sedge family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 3.3 feet

Plant Type: Graminoid

Features

Flower Color: White, Green, Brown

Bloom Time: Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Wind

Native Range

CAN: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
USA: Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.