title: Carex sterilis
text: # Carex sterilis
  
  Carex sterilis, common names dioecious sedge, sterile sedge and Atlantic sedge, is a perennial plant native to North America.
  
  ## Conservation status in the United States
  
  It is listed as a special concern in Connecticut, as threatened in Maine, Massachusetts and Minnesota, as endangered in Pennsylvania, as historical in Rhode Island, and as endangered and possibly extirpated in Tennessee.
  
  