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Carex trichocarpa
Also called Hairy Fruited Lake Sedge, Hairy Fruited Sedge, Hairy Fruit Sedge
Carex trichocarpa, the hairy-fruited sedge, is a native North American sedge found in wet ground in the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. It is a wild wetland species rarely grown in gardens, so care advice comes from general sedge habits.
Carex trichocarpa, the hairy-fruited sedge, is a species of Carex native to North America. It is listed as a "species of special concern" in Connecticut, the United States. The larvae of Euphyes bimacula, the two-spotted skipper, feed on the plant. E. bimacula is listed as endangered in Connecticut.
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 trichocarpa 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.
