Porcupine Sedge

A 1 to 2 foot tall group of stems with narrow, light green leaves (edges roughened) somewhat taller than the main stem. Flower clusters with a stalked, slender male spike and 1 to 4 sessile to short-stalked female spikes. Perigynia numerous, crowded, green with an elongated beak tipped with 2 teeth. Scales narrow, bristle edged and shorter than the perigynium.

Photographed at Eagle Lake and Mud Lake, Ottawa - July 24, 2003