Course textured, tuft-forming sedge with short rhizomes. Culums are rough to the touch. Found in wet areas throughout the state. Flower/seed head is composed of clumps of small, fuzzy structures located at the tip of the culum.

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

Bloom Period:  April  May  June  July  August  September  October