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PLANTS

Beaked sedge

Carex rostrata

Plants
NativeHerbPerennialBrown flowers
Beaked sedge, photo 1 of 5
Beaked sedge, In flower
Beaked sedge, In fruit
1.1 mHeight

Perennial herbaceous plant reaching 1.1 m. Grows in marshes.

There are 301 observations of Beaked sedge in Québec, mostly in Nord-du-Québec, Côte-Nord and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 14 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from December to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Nord-du-Québec101
  2. Côte-Nord50
  3. Capitale-Nationale31
  4. Abitibi-Témiscamingue22
  5. Laurentides21
  6. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean17
  7. Chaudière-Appalaches15
  8. Estrie15
  9. Bas-Saint-Laurent11
  10. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine7
  11. Mauricie6
  12. Outaouais3
  13. Lanaudière1
  14. Montérégie1

Habitat

MarshAlexander Rumpel

Similar species

Blister sedgeCarex vesicaria
Northwest Territory sedgeCarex utriculata
Water sedgeCarex aquatilis
Hammer sedgeCarex hirta
Cypress-like sedgeCarex pseudocyperus
Woolly-fruit sedgeCarex lasiocarpa
Tall cottongrassEriophorum angustifolium
Bottlebrush sedgeCarex hystericina
Heath sedgeCarex flacca
Woolly sedgeCarex pellita
Small-fruited Yellow-sedgeCarex oederi
Pale sedgeCarex pallescens