Carex tribuloides
blunt broom sedge
Family
Cyperaceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
linear
Growth Form
graminoid
Flower Color
inconspicuous
Flower Month
April - June
Height (meters)
0.3 - 1.0
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Wetland Class
FACW
Wetland Coefficient of Conservatism
5
Field Characters
Narrow seed. Male flower below female spike. Makes numerous sterile stems with flowering stems. Very small and delicate. Spikes come to a point. Female flowers in gray-green scales.
Habitat
Woodlands, wet meadows, prairies, fields, swamps, marshes, wet sand, shores, ditches.