• Mississippi National River and Recreation Area

    Mississippi

    National River & Recreation Area Minnesota

Pointed Broom Sedge

Description: Perennial, 0.5-3 ' tall. Stems erect, triangular in cross-section, rough. Leaves are slender, light green about 1/8 " inch wide and usually much shorter than the stem. Flowers are straw colored or pale brown and occur on ends of stems.

Habitat: Found on open swamps, wet meadows and on shorelines throughout much of the United States.

Flowers blooms from July - October.

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Pointed Broom Sedge
 

Pointed Broom Sedge
Carex scoparia

Did You Know?

A slow and shallow section of Itaska.

At the headwaters of the Mississippi, the average surface speed of the water is 1.2 miles per hour.  People typically walk 3 miles per hour.