Cyperaceae

Thicket sedge

Carex abscondita Mack.

Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex

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Thicket sedge (Carex abscondita) — Photo: Scott Allen Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Thicket sedge

Synonyms

Carex abscondita var. abscondita
Carex abscondita var. glauca (Chapm.) Fernald
Carex abscondita var. rostellata Fernald
Carex digitalis var. glauca Chapm.
Carex magnifolia Mack.
Carex ptychocarpa Steud.
Carex ptychocarpa var. macrophylla L.H.Bailey

Flowers

Flower colour: green (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Scott Allen Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Kees, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Will McFarland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Baur, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: geosesarma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.