Awl-fruited sedge (Carex stipata)

Awl-fruited sedge, a reference photo — Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Carex stipata, variously called the prickly sedge, awl-fruited sedge, awlfruit sedge, owlfruit sedge, swamp sedge, sawbeak sedge, stalk-grain sedge and common fox sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Canada, the United States, China, Korea, Japan, and Far Eastern Russia. It is a wetland obligate.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Awl-fruited 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 laevivaginata
Carex alopecoidea
Carex conjuncta
Carex otrubae
Carex vulpina

Classification

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

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