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Hair-like sedge is a densely tufted grass-like plant. Leaves are 0.75-4 mm wide and flat. Stems are very slender and are up to 60 cm long. The apex of the stem is terminated by a narrowly cylindrical cluster of male flowers 4-10 mm long. Towards the apex of the stem are 2-3 slender secondary branches that are terminated by cylindrical clusters of female flowers/fruits (spikes). The lower seconda...

Creeping Sedge is a perennial grass-like plant with a single or several stems, 1-3 dm tall, which arise from creeping rhizomes. Old stems become elongate and prostrate. 1-3 leaves, 1-5 cm long, occur at the base of fertile stems. Non-flowering stems have longer leaves. Flowers are borne in 3-8 small, aggregated clusters (spikes) at the stem tips. Each spike has male flowers above and 1-5 female ...