Course textured, tuft-forming with long rhizomes. Common in wet woods to prairies. Flower/seed head is elongated and spiky born along 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