''Carex bichenoviana'', the plains sedge, is a species of

sedge The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' wit ...

that was first formally named by

Francis Boott Francis Boott (26 September 1792 – 25 December 1863) was an American physician and botanist who was resident in Great Britain from 1820. Biography Boott was born in Boston, Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, the brother of Kirk Boott, o ...

in 1858. It is native to eastern Australia and has been introduced to New Zealand. It has previously been considered a variety of ''

Carex pumila ''Carex pumila'', commonly known as strand sedge or spreading sedge, is a species of Carex, sedge of the family Cyperaceae. Description The monoecious and rhizomatous perennial grass-like sedge has a tufted habit and typically grows to a height ...

''.

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bichenoviana Flora of Australia Plants described in 1858 {{Carex-stub