Swamp Sedge (Carex acutiformis)

Family: Cyperaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Carex acutiformis is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.8 m (2ft 7in). It is in flower from June to August. The species is monoecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant) and is pollinated by Wind. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils and can grow in saline soils.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Root - cooked. Seed. No further details are given, but the seed is small and fiddly to use. — No further details are given, but the seed is small and fiddly to use.

Habitat & North American Range

Open swamps, wet, open thickets, marsh edges, sedge meadows and lakeshores from sea level to 300 metres. Saline marshes in E. Massachusetts. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)