Carex pensylvanica
Native Range
Native Continent
Northern America
Northern America
Canada, Québec, Ontario, Manitoba, United States, Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia,Natural Habitat
A shade-loving perennial sedge that is native to thickets and dry woodland areas. dry to mesic upland forests and shaded bluff ledges. It typically grows in loose colonies with a creeping habit. Roots are reddish brown. It is often found in areas with oak trees, hence the additional common name of oak sedge .