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PLANTS

Hop sedge

Carex lupulina

Plants
NativeHerbPerennialGreen flowers
Hop sedge, photo 1 of 5
Hop sedge, In flower
Hop sedge, In fruit
1.3 mHeight

Perennial herbaceous plant reaching 1.3 m. Grows in marshes.

There are 580 observations of Hop sedge in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Outaouais and Estrie, and it has been reported in 11 of the 17 regions. They peak from July to September and become rare from November to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie295
  2. Outaouais93
  3. Estrie81
  4. Laurentides51
  5. Montréal20
  6. Centre-du-Québec12
  7. Laval10
  8. Lanaudière9
  9. Capitale-Nationale5
  10. Chaudière-Appalaches3
  11. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean1

Habitat

MarshAlexander Rumpel

Similar species

Shallow sedgeCarex lurida
False hop sedgeCarex lupuliformis
Gray's sedgeCarex grayi
Greater bladder sedgeCarex intumescens
Retrorse sedgeCarex retrorsa
Bottlebrush sedgeCarex hystericina
Yellow sedgeCarex flava
Longhair sedgeCarex comosa
Northern long sedgeCarex folliculata
Tuckerman's sedgeCarex tuckermanii
TOXIC
Yellow nutsedgeCyperus esculentus
Cypress-like sedgeCarex pseudocyperus