Carex crawei

{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}}

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| image = Carex crawei.jpg

| image_caption = Showing characteristic long rhizomes

|status=G5|status_system=TNC

|status_ref={{cite web|url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.151967/Carex_crawei|title=Carex crawei|website=NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer|publisher=NatureServe|location=Arlington, Virginia|author=NatureServe|date=5 May 2023|access-date=28 May 2023}}

| genus = Carex

| display_parents = 2

| parent = Carex sect. Granulares

| species = crawei

| authority = Dewey

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Carex crawei, commonly called Crawe's sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family. It is native to North America, where it is widespread in the United States and Canada.{{cite web|url=http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Carex%20crawei.png|format=PNG|title=Floristic synthesis map|publisher=Bonap.net|accessdate=8 June 2016}} Though widespread, it has a patchy distribution and is generally rare throughout its range. It is found in wet calcareous areas, usually associated with flat limestone outcrops or gravels.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357131 Flora of North America Carex crawei] It is usually found in high quality natural habitats.[http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/grasses/plants/crawe_sedge.html Illinois Wildflowers Carex crawei]

It is a rhizomatous perennial that flowers in early spring.