Cyperaceae
Great Plains sedge
Carex melanostachya
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (9)
- Bulgarian
- Шаренокласа острица
- Chinese
- 凹脈苔草, 凹脉薹草, 凹脉苔草
- Czech
- Ostřice černoklasá
- English
- Great Plains sedge
- Finnish
- Unkarinsara
- German
- Schwarzährige Segge
- Macedonian
- Црнокласеста острика
- Polish
- Turzyca ciemnokłosa
- Russian
- Осока чёрноколосая, Осока черноколосая, Осока Ледебура
Synonyms
- Carex bicuspidata Regel ex V.I.Krecz.
- Carex bornmulleri Kük.
- Carex juncoides J.Presl & C.Presl
- Carex ledebourii Boiss. & Buhse
- Carex nutans Host
- Carex nutans f. sulcata (Schur) Kük.
- Carex nutans var. major Boeckeler
- Carex ripariaeformis Litv.
- Carex sulcata Schur
- Vignea juncoides (J.Presl & C.Presl) Opiz
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Common sedgeCarex nigraCyperaceae
- European woodland sedgeCarex sylvaticaCyperaceae
- Tufted sedgeCarex elataCyperaceae
- Hairy sedgeCarex hirtaCyperaceae
- Lesser pond sedgeCarex acutiformisCyperaceae
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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.