Course textured, tuft-forming sedge with fibrous rhizomes. Found in moist woods. Flower/seed head is elongated and found at the end of the culum. It is composed of a loose group of spiky seed capsules.

Environment:  Prairie  Savanna  Woodland  Wet  Wet Mesic  Mesic  Dry Mesic  Dry  Butterfly/Caterpillar

Bloom Period:  April  May  June  July  August  September  October