Carex scabrata

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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|image=Carex scabrata ÖBG 2012-05-28 (03).jpg

|image_caption=At the Ecological-Botanical Garden of the University of Bayreuth

|image2=Carex scabrata ÖBG 2012-05-28 (01).jpg

|image2_caption=Leaves

|status=LC

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Lansdown, R.V. |year=2016 |title=Scabrous sedge Carex scabrata |volume=2016 |page=e.T64273126A67729030 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T64273126A67729030.en |access-date=27 August 2023 }}

|genus=Carex

|species=scabrata

|authority=Schwein.

}}

Carex scabrata, the eastern rough sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae.{{cite web |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CASC13 |title=Carex scabrata Schwein. Eastern Rough Sedge |author= |date=25 October 2022 |website=Plant Database |publisher=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center |access-date=27 August 2023 }} It is native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States (but in the southeast it is confined to the Appalachians), with one collection each in the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains.{{cite POWO |id=324482-2 |title=Carex scabrata Schwein. |access-date=27 August 2023 }}{{cite web |url=http://floranorthamerica.org/Carex_scabrata |title=Carex scabrata Schweinitz Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 69. 1824. Common names: Carex scabre |last1=Cochrane |first1=Theodore S. |date=5 November 2020 |website=Flora of North America |publisher=Flora of North America Association |access-date=27 August 2023 }} A perennial reaching {{cvt|90|cm|ft|0}}, it is found it wet areas with rich soils, particularly on seepage slopes.