Kebnat
PLANTS

Water sedge

Carex aquatilis

Plants
NativeHerbPerennialGreen flowers
Water sedge, photo 1 of 5
Water sedge, In flower
Water sedge, In fruit
88 cmHeight

Perennial herbaceous plant reaching 88 cm. Grows in marshes.

There are 375 observations of Water sedge in Québec, mostly in Nord-du-Québec, Côte-Nord and Chaudière-Appalaches, and it has been reported in 16 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and August and become rare from September to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Nord-du-Québec194
  2. Côte-Nord82
  3. Chaudière-Appalaches13
  4. Capitale-Nationale13
  5. Bas-Saint-Laurent12
  6. Estrie10
  7. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine9
  8. Laurentides9
  9. Abitibi-Témiscamingue9
  10. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean7
  11. Lanaudière5
  12. Montérégie4
  13. Mauricie3
  14. Montréal2
  15. Outaouais2
  16. Centre-du-Québec1

Habitat

MarshAlexander Rumpel

Similar species

Smooth black sedgeCarex nigra
Northwest Territory sedgeCarex utriculata
Beaked sedgeCarex rostrata
Upright sedgeCarex stricta
Lakeshore sedgeCarex lenticularis
Bigelow's sedgeCarex bigelowii
Twisted sedgeCarex torta
Hayden's sedgeCarex haydenii
Woolly-fruit sedgeCarex lasiocarpa
Buxbaum's sedgeCarex buxbaumii