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PLANTS

Soft-leaf sedge

Carex disperma

Plants
NativeHerbPerennialGreen flowers
Soft-leaf sedge, photo 1 of 5
Soft-leaf sedge, In flower
Soft-leaf sedge, In fruit
61 cmHeight

Perennial herbaceous plant reaching 61 cm. Grows in marshes.

There are 318 observations of Soft-leaf sedge in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Nord-du-Québec and Estrie, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and become rare from September to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord76
  2. Nord-du-Québec65
  3. Estrie26
  4. Chaudière-Appalaches23
  5. Capitale-Nationale23
  6. Outaouais22
  7. Laurentides18
  8. Abitibi-Témiscamingue17
  9. Bas-Saint-Laurent15
  10. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean11
  11. Montérégie10
  12. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine4
  13. Lanaudière3
  14. Centre-du-Québec3
  15. Montréal2

Habitat

MarshVyacheslav Argenberg

Similar species

Threeseeded sedgeCarex trisperma
Billings' sedgeCarex billingsii
Brownish sedgeCarex brunnescens
Silvery sedgeCarex canescens