Carex prasina

Carex prasina, the drooping sedge (a name it shares with Carex longebrachiata and Carex pendula), is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to eastern Canada, and the north-central and eastern United States.^[2] It is usually found growing in rich soils in deciduous forests, typically in wet places such as streamsides, seeps, springs and fens.^[3]

Carex prasina
Photograph provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. prasina
Binomial name
Carex prasina Wahlenb.
Synonyms[2]
Carex miliacea Muhl. ex Willd. Carex subcompressa Steud. Olamblis miliacea Raf.