Prairie Straw Sedge

Carex suberecta (Olney) Britton

Sedge family

Plant Type
Graminoid
Life Cycle
Perennial
Mature Height
32 inches
Flower Color
Green, Brown
Bloom Time
Late Spring, Early Summer

Native Range

  • USA:  Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  Ontario

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.