Carex molesta
Troublesome Sedge
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Common sedge which adapts to a wide variety of habitats, including wet to dry-mesic prairies, open woodlands, swamps, thickets, abandoned or disturbed fields and roadside ditches. Despite the negative name,it is an attractive sedge with tight bunches of slender leaves and interesting, prickly seedheads.
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Good Companions
Thimbleweed
(Anemone cylindrica),
Calico Aster
(Aster laterifolius)
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