Found in marshes, fens and wet praires, Buxbaum’s Sedge enjoys calcareous soils. The foliage is thin and a medium green color. The distinictive seed heads are quite attractive- beginning with small white petals and ending with a rich purple seed head. It associates with Carex hysterina, Lysmachia uadriflora, and Oligoneuron ridelli in fens; Asclepias incarnata, Carex stricta, and Eutrochium maculatum in marshes; and with Anemone canadensis, Liatris spicata, and Pycanthemum virgianum in wet prairies.