Carex acidicola is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to south eastern parts of the United States in Alabama and Georgia.
The species was first described by the botanist Robert Naczi in 2002 from the type specimen collected in Clarke County in Georgia and was published in the journal Novon.
The turfy plant produces many stems from the same root forming a dense mat. It has purple to red coloured culms that are in length and have a width of at the base and deep green leaves with a width of at the base.
It is usually found in sandy to loamy soils in deciduous forests and is considered rare and is only known to occur in ten small populations, it often occurs with ''Carex superata.
See also
List of Carex species
References
acidicola
Plants described in 2002
Flora of Alabama
Flora of Georgia (U.S. state)