A cool season wetland sedge, Bristly Sedge reaches about two feet high. Its long bristly seedheads grow in clusters of two to six and are either held erect or slightly nod. A great plant for the raingarden, this sedge is found in prairies and savannas in wet-mesic to dry-mesic soils. Many butterflies, moths and skippers use it as larval food and several species of birds consume the seeds.