[1] Carex praegracilis is cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade as lawn substitute and meadow-like plantings.

[2] This sedge is native to much of North America, from Alaska across southern Canada and throughout the continental United States, from California to Maine, except for the southeastern region.

Carex praegracilis produces sharply triangular stems up 1 m (3 ft 3 in) tall from a network of thin, coarse rhizomes.

The inflorescence is a dense, somewhat cylindrical array of flower spikes up to 4 or 5 cm (1.6 or 2.0 in) long.

The range of this sedge is spreading, especially along roadsides where the application of road salt has apparently encouraged its growth.