Carex appressa

Botanical Name: Carex appressa
Common Name: tall sedge
Family: Cyperaceae

Size: Up to about 1.5m H
Leaves: Narrow linear shorter or longer than culm
Flowers: In close-packed cylindrical panicle, brown, up to 20cm long at end of flower stem
Flowering Time: spring and summer
Fruit: Separate male and female flowers in same panicle

Habitat/distribution: Common in wet areas all over the state
Other notes: Very variable species