Billings' Sedge

Description

Carex billingsii, Sphagnum bogs, usually on hummocks and typically in more sunny sites than the closely related C. trisperma. Very local, but only recently recognized as a distinct species (Kirschbaum 2007), and perhaps somewhat overlooked. The filiform-involute leaves give this somewhat the look of the upland Carex eburnea, but topped with inflorescences resembling those of C. trisperma.