Carex hirtifolia, the pubescent sedge, is a species of sedge native to northeastern North America.

[1][2][3] The entire plant is distinctively covered soft hairs.

[4] Plants of C. hirtifolia are shortly rhizomatous, forming loose tufts.

[3] The leaves are M-shaped in cross-section,[3] and no more than 8 millimetres (0.3 in) wide.

[4] The inflorescences comprise 2–5 spikes, the last of which is staminate (male), the others being pistillate (female) and born on stalks less than 10 mm (0.4 in) long.