Cyperaceae
Black-spike sedge
Carex atrata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (14)
- arz
- كاريكس اتراتا
- Bulgarian
- Възчерна острица
- Chinese
- 南湖扁果薹, 黑穗苔草, 黑穗薹草, 南湖苔草
- Czech
- Ostřice tmavá
- English
- Black-spike sedge, Sedge
- Finnish
- Mustasara
- German
- Trauer-Segge
- hsb
- Čorna rězna
- Korean
- 감둥사초
- Polish
- Turzyca czarniawa
- Russian
- Осока почерневшая, Осока темноодетая, Осока тёмно-одетая, Осока тёмноодетая
- Swedish
- Svartstarr
- Ukrainian
- Осока чорнувата
- Welsh
- Hesgen ddu‘r mynydd
Synonyms
- Carex atrata var. atrata
- Carex atrata var. typica Beck
- Carex atrata var. varia Gaudin
- Loxanisa atrata (L.) Raf.
- Trasus atratus (L.) Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Greenland: native
Photos
Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.