Cyperaceae
Muskingum sedge
Carex muskingumensis
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 棕榈叶薹草
- Czech
- Ostřice palmová, Ostřice americká, Ostřice muskingumenská, Ostřice muskingumská, Tuřice americká
- Dutch
- Palmzegge, Parapluzegge
- English
- Muskingum sedge
- Finnish
- Palmusara
- Polish
- Turzyca muskegońska
- Swedish
- Palmstarr
Synonyms
- Carex arida Schwein. & Torr.
- Carex scoparia Torr.
- Carex scoparia var. muskingumensis (Schwein.) Tuck.
- Thysanocarex muskingumensis (Schwein.) Fedde & J.Schust.
- Vignea muskingumensis (Schwein.) Soják
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Muskingum sedge: 棕櫚葉薹草 Carex muskingumensis [維也納大學植物園 Vienna University Botanical Garden]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/%E6%A3%95%E6%AB%9A%E8%91%89%E8%96%B9%E8%8D%89_Carex_muskingumensis_-%E7%B6%AD%E4%B9%9F%E7%B4%8D%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Vienna_University_Botanical_Garden-_%2828505698006%29.jpg/1280px-%E6%A3%95%E6%AB%9A%E8%91%89%E8%96%B9%E8%8D%89_Carex_muskingumensis_-%E7%B6%AD%E4%B9%9F%E7%B4%8D%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Vienna_University_Botanical_Garden-_%2828505698006%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Industrees, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Industrees, CC0, 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.