Carex_scabrata
Carex scabrata
Species of plant
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]