Cyperaceae
Upright sedge
Carex stricta
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Upright sedge, Hummock sedge, Tussock sedge, Wire grass
Synonyms
- Carex commutata J.Gay
- Carex kelvingtoniana Steud.
- Carex littoralis Krock.
- Carex prolixa Schur
- Carex semicrinita C.B.Clarke
- Carex sempervirens Elliott ex Kunth
- Carex stricta f. brevior House
- Carex stricta f. curtissima (Peck) Kük.
- Carex stricta f. pedicellaris House
- Carex stricta f. stricta
- Carex stricta f. xerocarpa (S.H.Wright) Kük.
- Carex stricta var. curtissima Peck
- Carex stricta var. stricta
- Carex stricta var. strictior (Dewey ex Alph.Wood) J.Carey
- Carex stricta var. xerocarpa (S.H.Wright) Britton
- Carex strictior Dewey ex Alph.Wood
- Carex strictior f. curtissima (Peck) House
- Carex tenuispica Boeckeler
- Carex tristicha Boeckeler
- Carex verrucosa Schwein. ex Torr.
- Carex watsoniana Steud.
- Carex xerocarpa S.H.Wright
- Diemisa stricta (Lam.) Raf.
- Vignantha stricta (Lam.) Schur
- Vignea stricta (Lam.) Rchb.
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: gmayfield10, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Mayfield, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 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.