Carex scabrata

Carex scabrata, the eastern rough sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae.^[2] It is native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States (but in the southeast it is confined to the Appalachians), with one collection each in the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains.^[3][4] A perennial reaching 90 cm (3 ft), it is found it wet areas with rich soils, particularly on seepage slopes.^[4]

Carex scabrata
At the Ecological-Botanical Garden of the University of Bayreuth
Leaves
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. scabrata
Binomial name
Carex scabrata Schwein.