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Carex scabrata
Also called Scabrous sedge, Rough Sedge
Eastern rough sedge is a perennial, grass-like sedge native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States, growing up to about 90 cm tall. It thrives in wet, rich soils, especially on seepage slopes.
Carex scabrata, the eastern rough sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States (but in the southeast it is confined to the Appalachians), with one collection each in the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains. A perennial reaching 90 cm (3 ft), it is found it wet areas with rich soils, particularly on seepage slopes.
Carex abitibiana · Indian Valley sedge · Abruptbeak sedge · Thicket sedge · Small Dusky Sedge · Seoul Sedge · Acid Loving Sedge · Carex acocksii · Slender Tufted-sedge · Carex acutata · Lesser pond sedge · Circumpolar sedge
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex scabrata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
