''Carex trichocarpa'', the hairy-fruited sedge, is a species of ''

Carex ''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus ''Carex'' ...

'' native to North America. It is listed as a "species of special concern" in

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

, United States. The larvae of ''

Euphyes bimacula ''Euphyes bimacula'', the two-spotted skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America, from northeast Colorado and western Nebraska; eastern Nebraska east to southern Quebec; southern Maine south to central Virgin ...

'', the two-spotted skipper, feed on the plant.''Euphyes''
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is listed as endangered in Connecticut. Carex_trichocarpa_NRCS-002.jpg, ''Carex trichocarpa''

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