Carex prasina, the drooping sedge (a name it shares with Carex longebrachiata and Carex pendula), is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to eastern Canada, and the north-central and eastern United States. It is usually found growing in rich soils in deciduous forests, typically in wet places such as streamsides, seeps, springs and fens.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Drooping 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
- Species
- Carex prasina
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