title: Carex woodii
text: # Carex woodii
  
  Carex woodii, known as pretty sedge, is a species of sedge native to North America.
  
  ## Description
  
  Carex woodii is a rhizomatous sedge, forming loose clumps to large vegetative colonies. The leaf sheathes are tinged with reddish-purple. Compared to most other Carex across its range, it flowers and fruits earlier in the year. In Michigan it fruits by mid-May or earlier.
  
  ## Distribution and habitat
  
  Carex woodii is native to the Midwestern and Eastern United States and Ontario. It is found in both moist and dry woodlands. It is considered a rare plant of concern in the Chicago region and Connecticut.
  
  