Schoenus nigricans
Black sedge

Black sedge might first be encountered as clumps of wiry stems and leaves, having blackish long-tipped clusters at the stem tips. Each cluster of blackish spikelets has one very long, stiff, pointed bract, jutting out from below.


Black sedge is a sedge. stems clump-forming, to 30 in. tall; squarish, smooth, wiry; leaf blades erect, wiry, thin, triangular, channeled; sheaths dark reddish brown to black; inflorescence at stem tip, dense cluster of very dark brown spikelets; bracts 1-2, one is to 3 in. long; spikelets narrow, pointed, scales in 2 rows, scales overlapping; nutlets glossy white, triangular, 3-6 short bristles

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