Tufted Sedge (Carex elata)

Family: Cyperaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: Brown, Green. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late spring. Form: Spreading or horizontal, Upright or erect.

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

By fen ditches and in wet places by rivers and lakes in base-rich soils. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)