Course textured, light green, tuft-forming sedge with a fine fibrous root system. Found in dry prairies, woods and disturbed areas. Flower/seed head is a large, round, bristly structure found at the tip of the culum or blade.

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

Bloom Period:  April  May  June  July  August  September  October