Thicket sedge (Carex abscondita)

Thicket sedge, a reference photo — Photo: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 400. Courtesy of Kentucky · Public domain

Carex abscondita, the thicket sedge, is a North American species of sedge first described by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1910.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Thicket sedge being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Carex cumberlandensis
Carex kraliana
Carex laxiculmis
Carex blanda
Carex digitalis
Carex backii

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species: Carex abscondita

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