Grasses and Sedges of West Rat Root River Peatland SNA

Creeping sedge (Carex chordorrhiza)

Carex chordorrhiza, commonly called creeping sedge or string sedge, is a species of perennial plant in the family Cyperaceae with Holarctic distribution growing in acidic bogs.

Fen wiregrass sedge (Carex lasiocarpa subsp. americana)

Candle-lantern sedge (Carex limosa)

Carex limosa is a species of sedge known by the common names bog-sedge, mud sedge and shore sedge.

Poor sedge (Carex magellanica subsp. irrigua)

Few-flowered sedge (Carex pauciflora)

Carex pauciflora, known as few-flowered sedge, is a perennial species of sedge in the family Cyperaceae native to Holarctic wetlands. The specific epithet pauciflora, refers to the Latin term for 'few flowered'.

Sparse-flowered sedge (Carex tenuiflora)