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.