''Carex flaccosperma'', the blue wood sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Cyperaceae 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'' w ...

, native to the south-central and southeastern USA. Preferring to grow in wet, shady situations and deer resistant, it is recommended for shady areas in

rain garden Rain gardens, also called bioretention facilities, are one of a variety of practices designed to increase rain runoff reabsorption by the soil. They can also be used to treat polluted stormwater runoff. Rain gardens are designed landscape sites t ...

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flaccosperma Flora of Kansas Flora of Oklahoma Flora of Texas Flora of Missouri Flora of the Southeastern United States Plants described in 1846 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Carex-stub