Carex prasina

Scientific Name: Carex prasina
Common Name: drooping sedge
Global Conservation Status: G4 - Apparently Secure

Drooping sedge gets its name from the heavy 'spikes' at the tip of each stem, which cause the stem to droop.
Photographer: Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0.

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