Carex stricta

 ( Stricta ) 

Carex stricta is a species of Carex known by the common names upright sedge and tussock sedge.Coladonato, M. 1994. Carex stricta. In: Fire Effects Information System, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. The plant grows in moist , and alongside bodies of water. Carex stricta. Study of Northern Virginia Ecology. Fairfax County Public Schools. It grows up to tall and wide. When the leaf die, they build on top of or around the living plant, making a "tussock". Widely distributed in and east of the Great Plains, it is one of the most common wetland sedges in eastern North America. Carex stricta. Flora of North America.

Their are carried by the wind. When seeds land, they are eaten by birds such as dark-eyed junco, northern cardinal, wild turkey, and such as mallard and wood duck. The seeds are also eaten by and other mammals. The plant can also reproduce vegetatively via , and often form colonies.

It is a larval host to the black dash, the dun skipper, and the eyed brown.The Xerces Society (2016), Gardening for Butterflies: How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects, Timber Press.