Water sedge (Carex aquatilis)

Water sedge, a reference photo — Photo: Teresa Prendusi, USFS botanist per [1] · Public domain

Carex aquatilis is a species of sedge known as water sedge and leafy tussock sedge. It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout the northern reaches of the Northern Hemisphere. It grows in many types of mountainous and arctic habitat, including temperate coniferous forest, alpine meadows, tundra, and wetlands.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Water 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 acuta
Carex emoryi
Carex kelloggii
Carex nebrascensis
Carex acutiformis
Carex gaudichaudiana

Classification

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

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