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Big-leaf Sedge is a perennial grass-like plant with a single or several sharply triangular stems, 5-10 dm tall, which arise together from creeping rhizomes. The flat leaves, 8-20 mm wide and up to 5 dm long, are distributed evenly along the stem. Foliage is glabrous. Flowers are clustered in cylindical spikes, 4-10 cm long, and arise from the axils of the smaller upper leaves (bracts). A single ...

Brown Bog Sedge is a loosely clumped grass-like perennial that grows in patches. The bases of the plants are purplish-red tinged. Leaves are strap-like, 2.0-3.5 mm wide, and light-green. Stems are 25-75 cm long and are terminated by one flower/fruit cluster (spike). This terminal spike has female flowers above and male flowers below. Also towards the apex of the stem are 2-4 cylindrical spikes c...