Carex laxiflora Lam.
loosely flowered woodland sedge, broad loosely flowered sedge
loosely flowered woodland sedge, broad loosely flowered sedge
April 29,
Blue Hills Reservation, Randolph
A staminate spike is in the front and pistillate in the background. Pistillate spikes are distantly flowered, only 2-3 mm thick ( laxiflora means 'loosely flowered').