Much like no. 154 [Carex flava L.]; stems 2–6 dm, surpassing the lvs, these 1.5–3.5 mm wide; pistillate scales lance-ovate, about equaling the perigynium-body, about the same color as the perigynium and thus inconspicuous; perigynia greenish to yellowish or golden-brown, 3.2–4.8 mm, abruptly contracted to the smooth beak 1.2–1.5 mm. Wet meadows and shores in calcareous districts; Nf. to Minn., s. to N.J., O., and Ind. (C. flava var. fertilis)